Christianity spread across the Roman Empire through persecution, cultural adaptation, and the transformation of pagan beliefs ...

The post Why the Roman Empire still captivates us appeared first on Salon.com. Two years ago, a viral trend tore through TikTok wherein women asked the men in their lives how often they thought about ...

Western civilization arose in Greece in the 8th century BC, when some 1,500 city-states emerged from a murky, illiterate ...

Papyri from the Roman Empire provide authentic insight into how Christians in antiquity imagined Joseph and Mary's ...

When discussing the ancient world and how it impacts us today, there’s perpetually a massive tunic-clad and public-bathing elephant in the room: the Roman Empire. According to a recent social media ...

For the first time in 2,000 years, a Roman arm guard can be seen in its entirety after a painstaking reconstruction that saw the assembly of dozens of found fragments. The piece of brass armor was ...