The Eurocentric concept of the “Dark Ages” has often obscured the rich, diverse, and sophisticated developments in Africa.

From 27 B.C.E. to 180 C.E., the Roman Empire saw a period of relative tranquility and prosperity now known as the Pax Romana ...

You can imagine the Roman Empire gradually taking over more and more areas as they conquered and progressively moved to the east. North Africa, Egypt, Asia Minor, modern day Turkey, Syria.

Through North Africa, Christianity was embraced as the religion of dissent against the expanding Roman Empire. In the 4th century AD the Ethiopian King Ezana made Christianity the kingdom's ...

The Eastern Roman Empire had seven simultaneous emperors during the Middle Ages, between the years 1203 and 1204 AD. This was ...

This kingdom endured until it was conquered by Belisarius, a brilliant military commander serving the Eastern Roman (“Byzantine”) empire in 534 AD. North Africa was not always an impoverished desert ...

As a reward, the city was granted the prestigious status of a 'Colonia', marking it as a Roman settlement with privileges akin to those of the empire’s heartlands. However, as the Roman Empire ...

As the Roman Empire spread across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, the baths followed, bringing daily civilization to millions of people. Inside the Thermae Most bath complexes were Thermae.

but came from places within the Roman empire, including Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. They were treated very differently. Legionaries were often given benefits, like land to farm when ...

Hüssen faces north, the Roman Empire at his back ... from the Irish Sea to the Black Sea as well as across North Africa. Hadrian’s Wall, in England, probably the best known segment, was ...

The discovery changes the whole timeline of the collapse. A 13-year archeological excavation has shown that what was once believed a backwater town for the Roman Empire lasted far longer than ...