Archaeologists have just uncovered an ancient city that the Roman army so thoroughly besieged that it was left uninhabited for nearly 200 years. Researchers from the Leibniz Center for Archaeology ...

Marcus Tullius Cicero used gladiators’ physiques not to celebrate the republic’s valiant heroes, but to deride their bloated muscles as the embodiment of amoral tyranny. But I’m most interested in how ...

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The two-part special uses dramatic live action sequences, archive footage, and expert commentary to bring to life the crucial players in Rome's thousand-year history.

For over a thousand years, the Roman Senate stood at the center of Roman political life. Even after the emperors replaced the ...

The Roman Republic fell roughly 2,000 years ago — the culmination of a series of events including Julius Caesar’s assassination 2,069 years ago today. Yet the republic’s ruin still influences how we ...

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This silver denarius, minted over 2,000 years ago, is hardly the most attractive Roman coin. And yet, the coin is vital evidence for the early stages of a political struggle that culminated in ...

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