Sulla's ruthless campaigns in Greece, including the devastating siege of ancient Athens, marked a turning point in Roman history.

For the anniversary of the Boston Massacre, Paul Meany examines how ancient and Enlightenment thinkers ultimately influenced ...

Trump and Tiberius Gracchus: Prelude to Internal Reckonings BRANKO RADUN The Roman Empire endured for centuries ...

In the final centuries of the Roman Empire, its survival often depended on the decisions of a few remarkable individuals. Among them was a woman who refused to accept the empire’s decline. At a time ...

In 260 AD, Emperor Valerian was captured by the Persian king Shapur I. It was a shock unlike any other in Roman history. Later writers claimed he was used as a human footstool. Others said he was ...

A newly analyzed Greek inscription indicates that the Great Mosque of Homs likely stands on the site of the Roman Temple of the Sun, revealing a layered history of pagan, Christian, and Islamic ...

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The Illyrians were a powerful network of Balkan tribes who resisted the expanding Romans and were a key force in the Ancient ...

A recently discovered Greek inscription at the base of a column inside the Great Mosque of Homs in Syria has rekindled a longstanding scholarly debate about the exact location of the Temple of the sun ...

What started as a routine elevator shaft installation in a Barcelona hotel basement has turned into one of the most significant Roman archaeology discoveries in Spain in decades. Excavations beneath ...

Debate over the location of a long-lost temple has been rekindled by the discovery of a mysterious inscription at the base of a column in the Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Homs, Syria. Known in antiquity ...