Roman Economy: Did you mean...?

In our interview with Richard Hingley, we chat all about his new book Conquering The Ocean: The Roman Invasion of Britain. What's the book about? It's about the Roman conquest of Britain, but that takes...

This gallery is a visual guide to Roman mythology. It includes some of the more influential or popular deities, heroes and spirits from Roman mythology, and their identifying features. Roman mythology was...

The Laws of the Twelve Tables (c. 451–450 BCE) represent the earliest surviving codification of Roman law during the early Roman Republic (traditionally founded 509 BCE). Drafted by a special commission...

The reign of Septimius Severus (193–211 CE) marked a turning point in Roman imperial history. Rising to power during the Year of the Five Emperors...

This map illustrates the expansion of the Roman Republic during the military campaigns and conquests of Julius Caesar (100–44 BCE), and its transformation into an empire under the reign of Caesar...

The Etruscan civilization, which flourished in central Italy from the 8th to 3rd century BCE, gained a reputation in antiquity for being party-loving pushovers when it came to warfare, but the reality is somewhat different. History...

The Roman province of Thrace, formally annexed in 46 CE, was a strategically important region of the Roman Empire by 200 CE. Situated in southeastern Europe (modern-day Bulgaria, northeastern Greece, and European Turkey...

The Alemanni (also known as the Alamanni and the Alamans, meaning "All Men" or "Men United") were a confederacy of Germanic-speaking people who occupied the regions south of the Main and east of the Rhine rivers in present-day Germany...

Agrippina the Elder (14 BCE to 33 CE), as the granddaughter of Emperor Augustus and the wife of the popular general Germanicus, wielded significant influence in the early years of the Roman Empire and was...

The Battle of Abritus was an engagement fought between the armies of Rome under Emperor Decius (reign 249-251) and a coalition of Goths under the leadership of Cniva (circa 250 to circa 270?) in...