Constructed starting in 312 B.C.E. to carry troops southeast toward Capua and, eventually, the port city of Brindisi in the ...

Researchers who analyzed genomes from early medieval graves in modern-day Germany hypothesize that people from the former ...

Did Christianity really cause the fall of the Roman Empire — or is that one of history’s biggest myths? This episode breaks down the debate popularized by Edward Gibbon and examines both sides of the ...

Ancient, fascinating Solin is an unassuming Croatian town that was actually once among the Roman Empire's largest.

Across the narrow Isthmus of Corinth once stood one of the largest defensive projects of the Eastern Roman Empire. The Hexamilion Wall. Stretching nearly eight kilometers across the isthmus, this ...

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