Researchers have found a Roman brooch in the foundation of an Iron Age house in Scotland, but what was it doing there?

When the Roman Empire began collapsing, Christianity prevailed and the Roman Catholic Church kept its territories together.

“This papyrus is extraordinary because it provides direct insight into trial preparations in this part of the Roman Empire,” Dolganov remarked. Study author Avner Ecker of Hebrew University ...

Much of Attila’s infamy comes from his relentless campaign westward into Europe where he pillaged the riches of the Roman Empire. But he was stopped by a confederation of Roman soldiers and ...

A dramatic roadside conversion turned Saul into ... Paul traveled some 10,000 miles across the Roman Empire, preaching in cities that were brimming with the poorest people, desperate to hear ...

with at least a few related to elites of the Xiongnu Empire Sonja Anderson Created more than a century before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., the wall paintings provide rare insights ...

The spread of Christianity was made a lot easier by the efficiency of the Roman Empire, but its principles were sometimes misunderstood and membership of the sect could be dangerous. Although ...