Justin Welby was interviewed at the Cambridge Union, and some of his comments once more hit the headlines. When I heard about ...

Sarah Bond is a professor of classics at the University of Iowa and the author of Strike: Labor, Unions, and Resistance in ...

Between 98-117 AD, the Roman Empire stretched from Europe, Asia Minor and North Africa reaching its maximum size of roughly 5 million square kilometers.

What makes this find so remarkable is that the camp is located beyond the northern border of the Roman Empire, says Saskia Stevens of Utrecht University. At that time, the Empire’s outer border ran ...

A study of the Roman conquest of Anatolia reveals how imperial expansion fueled economic growth but ultimately triggered collapse.

The roads built by the Romans in Britain continued to be used for both travel and trade in the Middle Ages for more than a thousand years after the fall of the Roman Empire, according to a recent ...

So far, Pope Leo XIV has leaned fairly heavily into the legacy of his storied predecessor, Leo XIII, but he reflects Leo X.

The chestnut trees of Europe tell a hidden story charting the fortunes of ancient Rome and the legacy it left in the continent's forests.

As the Roman Empire declined, so too did the Colosseum. It was badly damaged by a major fire in 217, which led to a round of repairs. Later that century, gladiatorial fights were officially banned. It ...

Core elements of Roman law can be traced back to the ancient Greek world. Roman law has been fundamental to the foundations of modern law.

It became a force for social stability, not dissent. A pivotal moment came when the emperor Constantine legalized Christianity and used the might of the Roman empire to give it institutional support.