While repairing a sewer along Rome's ancient Appian Way, workers came across an incredible discovery: an ancient marble ...

There were over 80 emperors of the Roman Empire, but how much do you know about these all-powerful rulers?. | Credit: piola666/Getty Images The Roman emperors held vast wealth and control in the ...

He describes people, now in chariots instead of on foot, wearing masks representing Roman generals and emperors of the past. But in his account the wax image of the Emperor plays an even more ...

According to Pearson and his team of researchers, the coins contain elements that match authentic Roman coins, suggesting Sponsian was a real emperor after all. "We know absolutely nothing about ...

If not for Nero, Caligula would easily be rated the Roman Empire's worst emperor, but his notorious reputation might deserve another look. Caligula was so hated by his own men that they ...

ROME, Feb 1 (Reuters) - A life-sized statue of a Roman emperor posing as the classical hero Hercules has been discovered during sewer repair works near the Appia Antica (Appian Way), ancient Rome ...

Fourteen-year-old Roman emperor Elagabalus, who ruled for four years beginning AD218, was assassinated at aged 18 (Getty Images) When in Rome, do as the womans do. The decision to swap out Ela’s ...

A new analysis of rare Roman coins said to have been unearthed ... one of them was a real historical figure who ruled as a Roman emperor almost 2,000 years ago. “The coins are the only evidence ...

Built by the Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I between 532 and 537 A.D., its circular dome covers what was for a thousand years the largest indoor space in the world. It remains architecturally ...

Historians record that the unified Roman Empire was ruled by 69 emperors between the first emperor Augustus (who reigned from 27 B.C. to A.D. 14) and Theodosius (ruled from A.D. 379 to 395), but ...