ROME, Feb 1 (Reuters) - A life-sized statue of a Roman emperor posing as the classical hero Hercules has been discovered during sewer repair works near the Appia Antica (Appian Way), ancient Rome ...

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 ...

In 1713, a cache of Roman coins was discovered in Transylvania, several of which bore the portrait and name of Sponsian—but there are no historical records of a Roman emperor with that name.

Augustus, a man meticulous about his public image and about consolidating power as the first emperor of Rome, had rather simple tastes regarding food. This recipe from the first century makes a ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

A museum is to relabel its display about a Roman emperor after concluding that he was in fact a trans woman. North Hertfordshire Museum will now refer to emperor Elagabalus with the female ...