Augustus, though careful to preserve the appearance of republican institutions, held ultimate authority, effectively making ...

The legendary Roman empire took in every country around the Mediterranean Sea (which the Romans called “Mare Nostrum”—”Our Sea.”) It was so powerful that it managed to last for 500 years in the West ...

The Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius once said, “be like the cliffs against which the waves break and break.” Here are the stories of eight nations who stood like cliffs against the might of Rome ...

Alexander the Great is one of the legendary conquerors of ancient history who sparked the imagination of generations of ...

Rome teeters on the brink in Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator II.” Its fall is said to be imminent. The dream it once symbolized is ...

It was like a scene from the final hours of the Roman Empire: Everywhere you looked, some prominent politician was degrading ...

Actor Russell Crowe is returning to the world of epic movies in a newly announced role that will see him go up against the ...

During the next century, Christians perished in China completely. With the fall of the Tang Dynasty in 907, China once again ...

What did it mean to be, or to become, Roman, and how did the very different parts of the empire react to Roman rule ... Mary ...

On Nov. 11, the Catholic Church honors St. Martin of Tours, who left his post in the Roman army to become a “soldier of ...

The much-awaited Gladiator II aims to be an epic return to Rome, but its overly ambitious story and new flashy style fall ...

Review: Paul Mescal solidifies himself in Gladiator II with a raw and visceral performance for the ages in Ridley Scott's ...