More than 1,500 years after its collapse in A.D. 476, the Roman Empire has seen a resurgence in the unlikeliest of settings — social media. Online users, predominantly on the video-sharing app ...

A humpback anglerfish, usually found deep underwater, was filmed near the surface. The amazed scientists and sparked online ...

“This significant group of portraits allows us to highlight the critical role that imperial images played in visually reinforcing dynastic succession throughout the broader Roman Empire,” says ...

The Roman Empire grew over a long period of time from basically a political unit in Italy to the entire Mediterranean basin, but it took a lot of time.... It really grew out of a number of ...

The rebellion sent shockwaves through the Roman Empire. Next, Boudica’s army turned ... of resistance against oppression and a feminist icon. Her defiance against one of the most powerful ...

One person described the fish as her “feminist Roman Empire”, in the sense of an inspirational obsession ... He’s become a ...

An ancient Roman scroll has been read for the first time since it was charred in the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius two millennia ago, thanks to artificial intelligence and a high-powered X ...

Roman religion was divided into two. Spirits watched over people, families and households, and the paterfamilias was in charge of the household worship that honored them. Romans also had a set of ...

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 ...