The Latest Breaking News from the Roman Empire

A newly translated papyrus found in Israel provides information about criminal cases and slave ownership in the Roman Empire.

Therefore, who would not know that effrontery hijacks the public interest? […] It ratchets up the prices of things for sale, not fourfold or eightfold but so much that the human tongue’s reckoning cannot untangle what to call the accounting and the deed!

Archaeologists in the Judaen desert have found four coins dating to the Jewish Bar Kokhba revolt against the Roman Empire.

Discover the impressive reconstructed statue of Emperor Constantine, a symbol of his power and influence in spreading Christianity throughout the Roman Empire.

"How much time do you spend thinking about the Roman Empire?"

Google's Year in Search 2023 shows off the top trends of the year. For the 25th anniversary of the company, Google is also revealing the top searches of all time since the list started.

The most popular trends were revealed in the video-sharing app's annual report

Stoicism may be having a renaissance. For centuries, the ancient philosophy that originated in Greece and spread across the Roman Empire was more or less treated as extinct – with the word “stoic” hanging on as shorthand for someone unemotional. But today, with the help of the internet, it’s gaining…

How often do you think about the Roman empire? This question, posed to men by their partners on social media app TikTok, has led to a storm of viral videos. Women are amused to discover the answer is often “every day”, or at least “several times a week”.