Ancient Rome was a rigidly hierarchical society where the ruling elite stigmatized everyone who had to work with their hands. Yet Roman workers still found ways to resist exploitation through strikes ...

The Italian writer, once Mussolini’s pet propagandist and later a literary cult hero, was an unmatched chronicler of Europe’s ...

Archaeologists and students in the Netherlands have unearthed a 1,800-year-old temporary Roman military fort in the ...

The economy of the Roman Empire : quantitative studies by Duncan-Jones, Richard Publication date 1982 Topics Rome -- Economic conditions -- 30 B.C.-476 A.D Publisher Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New ...

Thousands of newly discovered fragments, which once adorned a high-status Roman building, offer an unprecedented glimpse into the artistic sophistication and daily life of ancient Londinium.

"Many of the fragments were very delicate and pieces from different walls had been jumbled together when the building was demolished," well before the Romans had abandoned Britain as their empire ...

London was originally founded as a city — Londinium — soon after the Roman invasion in A.D. 43, and has consistently yielded significant archaeological treasures. In recent years, numerous excavations ...

London was originally founded as a city — Londinium — soon after the Roman invasion in A.D. 43, and has consistently yielded significant archaeological treasures.