Sure, you’d expect the best Roman games to feature a great deal of military might, after all war is what forged the Imperium ...

Faced with growing inequality and social strain, the plebeian council increasingly directed its energy toward social relief for ordinary citizens. Though no longer revolutionary, its institutional ...

The coin is "very rare" and bears imagery "associated with Augustus' symbolic transfer of power back to the Roman Senate after his defeat of Mark Antony" in 31 B.C., according to the auction house. It ...

A collection of ancient Roman coins amassed by a former Latin teacher from Connecticut was sold at auction for over $1 million this week. Carol Ross' interest in ancient Roman currency and history led ...

The Roman Republic was originally a system of shared political authority. The Senate, the people and elected magistrates shared power. But in the first century BC, powerful and charismatic figures ...

When Augustus died in his bed at a ripe old age, the Roman Senate made him a god. This seems an honor that even the most sycophantic U.S. senators would be unlikely to suggest for our president.

When Augustus died in his bed at a ripe old age, the Roman Senate made him a god. This seems an honor that even the most sycophantic U.S. senators would be unlikely to suggest for our president. But ...

With Augustus’ ascendance, the republic died, even as Augustus claimed to have restored it. But for historians, ... the Roman Senate acted to uphold the law — and as a result, ...

Augustus’ record should matter especially to Americans because18th-century historian Edward Gibbon’s magisterial six-volume "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" was read intently by our ...