62 BC – 14 AD / Reigned 31 BC – 14 AD) had to fight for his throne. His long rule saw a huge expansion in the Roman Empire and the beginnings of a dynasty that, over the next century ...

The legendary Roman empire took in every country around the Mediterranean Sea (which the Romans called “Mare Nostrum”—”Our Sea.”) It was so powerful that it managed to last for 500 years in the West ...

Nearly 2,000 years ago this was the line that divided the Roman Empire from the ... “He was giving a message to expansion-minded members of the empire that there were going to be no more wars ...

That was the renowned Roman empire, which lasted for about 500 ... In addition, Rome relied too much on slave labor. Rome’s expansion to England in 117 C.E. brought enslaved people to the empire. They ...

A Jewish leader and scholar, Philo (circa 20 BC – 40 AD) risked his life to plead for greater tolerance for Jews in the Roman Empire. Philo of Alexandria was a Jewish leader, philosopher and ...

The Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies held the last installment of its public lecture series this past Wednesday in ...

Found in a cremation cemetery in Belgium, the skeleton includes bones dating to the Neolithic period and a Roman-era skull, according to a new study Sonja Anderson The votive plaque was found amid ...

A specialist Roman history museum in the Borders has secured funding towards its expansion and refurbishment. It is hoped the grant of £395,000 to the Trimontium Museum in Melrose will lead to an ...

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 ...

meaning he could rule the Roman Empire alone. He was assassinated in the Senate by political opponents who were concerned he was too powerful. Emperor Augustus was the first Roman emperor.