An ancient emperor thought to be made ... minting coins of a very sort of strange and almost homemade type manufacture, because there was no regular Roman mint available to them." ...

A new analysis of rare Roman coins said to have been unearthed ... one of them was a real historical figure who ruled as a Roman emperor almost 2,000 years ago. “The coins are the only evidence ...

A newly found statue in Rome appears to depict a slain Roman emperor dressed as Hercules. It may offer insight to the viewpoint of a Roman emperor who embraced traditional Greco-Roman gods at a ...

Notorious for hedonism and sacrilege, the excesses of Elagabalus were too much, even for the Roman Empire. Lounging in a golden robe and crown, the Roman emperor ... a woman’s costume and ...

A UK museum has declared a third-century Roman emperor a transgender woman — and will start referring to the ruler as “she,” even though some historians believe it is based on ancient insults.

A letter written by a Roman emperor helped lead a team of archaeologists to an ancient temple that "adds significant insights into the social changes" from pagan beliefs to Christianity in the ...

Scientists in the United Kingdom say they have proven the authenticity of several Roman coins previously dismissed as forgeries – providing evidence that an emperor disregarded as fake might in ...

Construction workers unearthed a life-size marble statue of a Roman emperor dressed as Hercules while repairing a Roman sewer. “I doubt anyone was expecting a find like this under these ...

An ancient gold coin long dismissed as a forgery is authentic and depicts a long-lost Roman emperor, according to a new study. The coin depicting the Roman emperor Sponsian was first unearthed in ...

The coins feature portraits of eight emperors, but three coins portrayed an unexpected ruler: Eugenius, an illegitimate emperor of the Western Roman Empire who reigned for only two years (392 to 394).