The Herculaneum papyri, buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE, constitute one of the few preserved sources of Roman thought.

An rare discovery in northern Luxembourg has given historians a fresh glimpse into the final years of the Western Roman Empire. Archaeologists have uncovered a hoard of gold coins dating back to the ...

A number of Roman emperors also wanted the glory of conquering Britain and adding it to the empire. Over 2,000 years ago, the Romans first arrived in Britain. Although that was way back in the ...

The names of foreign places can be filled with an inexplicable magic, as all travellers know, even in an age when this magic ...

A collection of The Emperor's New Groove movie series ...