At the centre of the Roman empire stood the emperor and the court surrounding him. The systematic investigation of this court in its own right, however, has been a relatively late development in the ...

In 241 BCE, one of the most decisive battles in ancient Mediterranean history took place off the coast of Sicily, as the emerging Roman Empire defeated ... 264 and 146 BC. The latter had been ...

Roman Stoicism offers timeless guidance on achieving personal peace by understanding what we can control—our judgments and ...

Whether you want to learn about ancient civilisations, political movements or historical dynasties, there are so many places ...

In the 18th Century BC ... About 300 years later, the Emperor Constantine, after converting to Christianity, abolished crucifixion and other cruel death penalties in the Roman Empire.

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100 BC – 44 BC / Reigned 46 ... to strengthen the northern borders of the empire and tackle its enemies in the east. At home, he reformed the Roman calendar, tackled local government ...

Founded in 300 BC, it was a regional capital for the Roman Empire. It was also one of the earliest centres of Christianity and important for both Judaism and Islam. A destroyed mosque in Antakya ...

It's the fifth century BC ... Roman approach, of course, was to encourage those they had conquered to identify with their conquerors, so that ultimately everyone within the borders of the Roman ...

I'm starting this week just over two thousand years ago, with the great empires of Europe and Asia - empires whose legacies are still strongly felt in the world today - the Roman Empire in the ...

300: Rise of an Empire is a sequel to 300. The movie was released on March 7, 2014, as a follow-up to Zack Snyder's 2006 epic, 300. The Noam Murro-directed film is not a straight sequel to the ...