LIX, BCE. The Roman LIX translates into 59 in Arabic, soon to proclaimed “American Numerals” by Trumpius Maximus, newly ...

History is full of sweeping love affairs, from Antony and Cleopatra to Catherine the Great and Grigory Potemkin and many more ...

Father Michael said Saint Valentine was one, very real person– or at least the man that the church honored with a feast was no legend. He said he did not know of the secret marriage ceremonies, but ...

Was Cleopatra the cause of the conflict between these two consuls, both eager to become the masters of Rome? Historians are ...

Torn between the futile noblity of Marcus Brutus, and the clear-eyed visions of Marcus Aurelius, the latter serves best as ...

The Romans added January and February to the calendar but ran into a problem — math and superstition. Here's why February became the odd month out.

The 404 coins, including 44 from Britain, are believed to be a mix of military pay and the spoils of war, stashed by a Roman soldier after he returned to the European continent Eli Wizevich ...

Considered by many to be the greatest emperor of Rome to have ever ruled, he is noted for his intelligence as a clever politician and tactician and for ruling with a firm hand. Although it’s agreed ...

Statue of The Roman Emperor Nero by Claudio Valenti in Anzio, Italy. Credit: Helen Cook / Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 2.0 When the Romans took control of Greece in 146 BC, several different solutions ...

Marcus Aurelius is remembered as a wise philosopher-emperor, largely thanks to ... A new king was chosen: one Gaius Julius Sohaemus, a Roman senator of necessary Arsacid descent.