Although there are more spectacular ancient sites on Turkey’s Aegean coast, including the magnificent library at Ephesus and ...

As America begins its 250th year, it is fitting to draw attention to the great people and ideas that made it possible. Neither the Declaration of Independence of 1776 nor the Constitution of 1787 ...

Ancient Rome was a rigidly hierarchical society where the ruling elite stigmatized everyone who had to work with their hands. Yet Roman workers still found ways to resist exploitation through strikes ...

Fly over the ancient ruins of Timgad, Algeria, with this captivating drone footage showcasing the remnants of this Roman imperial city. Fly over the vast archaeological site, revealing its ...

"Peace through strength," either as a specific phrase or as a doctrine, has been in use long before Trump was president, long ...

Archaeologists in Rome uncovered a colossal ancient marble head near Trajan’s Forum, possibly depicting Emperor Trajan or the ...

“Let not the one who girds on his armor boast like the one who takes it off” ( 1 Kings 20:11 ) ...

The MFAH partnered with the Saint Louis Art Museum to organize the exhibition, which will showcase many pieces that have never been on view in the U.S. While Emperor Trajan might not be the most ...

While the building’s foundations date to the reign of Roman Emperor Trajan (98–117 C.E.), the murals were created at the beginning of the 2nd century, archaeologists noted.

Some emperors made sure the roads were safe and the water clean, but these more admired rulers—Trajan, Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius—were nonetheless dictators.

These led his successor, Emperor Trajan (98-117 CE), to expand the Vindabona fortification borders, later known as the Danube Limes.

Radiocarbon dating traced the bones to approximately A.D. 80 to 234 — a period in which more than a dozen Roman emperors ruled, including Domitian and Trajan, who clashed with ancient Germanic ...