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Crucifixion as a punishment was practiced by several ancient cultures, but most notably adopted by the Roman Republic and later Roman Empire. Crucifixion was a method of hanging or suspending someone on the combination of vertical...

The Secession of the Plebs (secessio plebis) refers to a series of general strikes in the early history of the Roman Republic, when the plebeians – or commoners – left the city en masse and...

In ancient Egypt, the people sustained the government and the government reciprocated. Egypt had no cash economy until the coming of the Persians in 525 BCE. The people worked the land, the government collected the bounty...

Livia Drusilla was the third wife of Augustus Caesar, and the first Empress of the Roman Empire. She lived with Augustus in a house on Palatine Hill, and she was known as Romana princips, kind of...

Legio XXI Rapax was a legion of the Roman army whose name name "Rapax" means "rapacious" or "greedy". It is not clear when the legion assumed this name; it may or may not be the same 21st legion Julius Caesar (100-44 BCE) formed...

The aedile was an official of the Roman Republic who maintained Roman roads, supervised the grain and water supply, and provided the city's citizens with games among other duties. Initially, they were plebeian and elected annually by...

The frigidarium (cold room) of the Roman Baths of Odessos (modern-day Varna, Bulgaria). The baths were built around the end of the 2nd and the beginning of the 3rd century CE under Roman emperor Septimius Severus...

The Roman Baths of Odessos (modern-day Varna, Bulgaria) were built around the end of the 2nd and the beginning of the 3rd century CE under Roman emperor Septimius Severus. They cover over 7000 square meters and were the fourth-largest...

Roman Thermae of Odessos, photograph by Carole Raddato, Bulgaria, 15 August, 2024. The Roman Thermae of Odessos (modern Varna), Bulgaria. Built around the end of the 2nd and the beginning of the 3rd century CE, the vast...

This map shows the division of the Roman Empire into the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire, circa 395 CE under the reign of Emperor Theodosius I.