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We have previously discussed the Crisis of the 3rd Century, that period of antiquity also known as the Anarchy of the 3rd ...
Forty-nine years before Jesus of Nazareth was born in Bethlehem, Roman general Julius Caesar and his army crossed the river Rubicon—the waterway separating Gaul (modern-day France) and Italy. They ...
Researchers Uncover a Roman Necropolis With More Than 60 Graves Including ‘Curse Tablets,’ Used to Call for Divine Vengeance ...
Ammianus Marcellinus was a Roman soldier and historian of Greek origin. He is best known for his work Res Gestae, which chronicles the history of the Roman Empire from the reign of Nerva (96 AD) to ...
Headless skeletons, feral bears and female fighters – a new British Museum show revolutionises our understanding of life in ...