Rome, with a population of around 75 million, had an average income equivalent to about 2.25 times the subsistence minimum — ...

As the Roman Empire expanded and became richer, its wealthy citizens demanded increasing amounts of luxury items, especially ...

The Byzantine Emperor Justinian I came close to uniting the former Roman Empire less than a century after its fall. However, ...

Elon Musk has been vocal over population decline, especially in countries like South Korea. In a recent post, the Tesla CEO ...

New city builder Roman Triumph launches via Steam Early Access, combining parts of Cities Skylines, Rome Total War, and Age of Empires.

There isn’t quite a straight line to be drawn between the days of Caesar and Constantinople to the present-day dealings in Tuscaloosa, ...

Archaeologists found the remains of at least 129 people, many of them bearing the injuries of battle, dating to when Rome ...

During the 15th and 16th centuries, a wave of Greek Byzantine scholars arrived in Italy where they contributed tremendously ...

Members of Trump’s coterie are obsessed with ancient Rome and its collapse. But their interpretation of Roman history is ...

Evie Dallmann connects historical, literary motifs, recurring themes and conflicts to place our current political situation and propose values to navigate overcoming oligarchy and resisting bigotry.

What comes to mind when you think about the kind of Roman Emperor who managed to establish an indestructible empire?

In medieval novels, Merlin the Magician was far stranger than he appears in modern pop culture. Archivists have discovered ...