The "Five Good Emperors" of the Roman Empire (Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius) ruled from 96 to 180 CE, an era often regarded as Rome's golden age. This period is ...

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Scientists have found 2,000-year-old leather shoe measures 12.6 inches (32cm) in length, the equivalent of a modern men's ...