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 ...

With Gladiator II now in theaters, archaeological discoveries reveal how Hollywood’s warriors compare to history.

Along Hadrian’s Wall, a 73-mile-long stone barrier built on the northwest edge of the Roman Empire, archaeologists have ...

Augustus, though careful to preserve the appearance of republican institutions, held ultimate authority, effectively making ...

Basically, the trend was about how most men are obsessed with the Roman Empire, and us women also have historical events and ...

The film follows the son of Russell Crowe’s Maximus who has been living under a new identity to escape Roman politics.

Gladiator II is now in cinemas, and Ridley Scott’s epic, a sequel to his 2000 Oscar winner, has yielded much comment about its homoeroticism. Certainly there is a strong sense of feminisation. Take ...

Rumors are swirling that a high-profile fan of mixed martial arts will turn out Saturday for a heavyweight battle at New York ...

Republican ideals have evolved over millennia, shaping governance across the globe. Modern republics continue to adapt, but ...

Victims thought to be female were male and not related to one another, showing "the story that was long spun around these individuals" was wrong, researchers said.

Ryan Holiday’s books have sold millions of copies, he explains how a two thousand year old philosophy can help people with ...

An immortal warlord anywhere between 50,000 to 1 million years old, he's had a lot of identities: Savage has been everyone from Genghis Khan, Alexander the Great, and Julius Caesar to Vlad the ... the ...