The Eastern and Western Roman Empires had a layered history, experienced a major division, and left lasting cultural and ...

With the capital's reservoirs approaching historic lows, officials are turning to ancient engineering to conserve potable ...

Two thousand years ago, the Roman Army embarked on a far-flung hunt for silver. A new discovery reveals how close they came ...

Industrial pollution has been having a negative impact on human health since the height of the Roman Empire, reveals new ...

The Roman Empire built 73 miles of wall to fortify its northern border in Great Britain. In AD 122, the Emperor Hadrian ...

Classical archaeologist Michael Guggenberger, who has published several studies on the objects, described them in a 2000 ...

Researchers think the camp was built during the second century C.E. Stretching across 22 acres, it was identified using a ...

The Roman Empire reached its greatest size under the reign of Trajan in 117 AD. To aid in administration, it was divided into provinces. The number of provinces changed over time as territories ...

There are more than 50 theories for the function of this 12-sided, pentagonal-faced bronze object — but archaeologists have ...

Bones found at the site of an ancient fish-processing plant were used to genetically identify the species that went into a ...