Ancient writing is so riddled with holes, from Greek poet Sappho's fragmentary poetry to entire missing stories from famed ...

The Roman Empire is seeing a surprising resurgence this week, thanks to a recent TikTok trend, where videos with the hashtag # theromanempiretrend raked in more than 31 million views, and videos ...

Nero, Rome’s emperor from 54 to 68 C.E., rose to power at a young age and remained focused on himself, letting the needs of ...

Nero, who ruled from 37 to 68 A.D., was the first Roman emperor to persecute the Christians. In July of 64, more than half of Rome was destroyed by fire.

The Roman emperors held vast wealth and control in the ancient world. But while many people wanted the title, it wasn't a great job: A 2019 study calculated that almost two-thirds of Roman ...

If you’ve spent any time on TikTok lately, you’ve probably seen videos about the Roman Empire. No, we don’t mean videos about world history. There’s been a viral trend on the social media ...

A third-century Roman ruler is being reconsidered after British scholars made some interesting discoveries. According to ancient texts and artifacts, Elagabalus, a teenager who ruled from 218 to ...

(CN) — Ancient Roman coins were imprinted with a portrait of the emperor of the time, not only for security and authenticity but also as a form of propaganda, to disseminate a godlike image of the ...