As America begins its 250th year, it is fitting to draw attention to the great people and ideas that made it possible. Neither the Declaration of Independence of 1776 nor the Constitution of 1787 ...

Ancient Rome was a rigidly hierarchical society where the ruling elite stigmatized everyone who had to work with their hands. Yet Roman workers still found ways to resist exploitation through strikes ...

The economy of the Roman Empire : quantitative studies by Duncan-Jones, Richard Publication date 1982 Topics Rome -- Economic conditions -- 30 B.C.-476 A.D Publisher Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New ...

Ottoman imperium eventually ended in ignominy, with defeat in World War I and the Armenian Genocide – an appalling ...

The history of Rome is one of the most fascinating stories of power, innovation, and transformation. From its humble ...

Although all types of portraits of Augustus have a typically public basis, an interesting phenomenon occurs: the private use of the public image, as seen in seal stone rings 48 (figures 4 and 5). For ...

In 9 AD, three Roman legions were ambushed and annihilated in a narrow forested pass in northern Germania. Led by the trusted yet deceived governor Varus, the Roman army walked into a devastating trap ...

Andre Sansbury, 29, is the executive director of Lost Voices Empire. Here's why he's a member of Fayetteville's 40 Under 40 Class of 2025.

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The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, by A.H.M. Jones, J. R. Martindale, and J. Morris. This invaluable reference work was begun by Jones and completed by two of his student-colleagues. The ...

A pedestrian's discovery of stones helped archaeologists uncover an Ancient Roman building near a Swiss highway. The site was previously excavated in the 1860's, but forgotten.