One of the most famous objects in the British Museum is a bronze head of the Roman emperor Augustus that exudes charisma, ...

The Roman emperors were once the most famous people in the world, ruling over an empire that stretched between what are now ...

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Archaeologists working at Emperor Nero’s grand palace in Rome, known as Domus Aurea, uncovered a rare and rather big Egyptian ...

An ancient Roman statue of Athena, unseen for almost three centuries, resurfaces in Chicago after an acquisition by Halsted A ...

Gambling, one of the most common vices in the world, has a long history that dates all the way back to Ancient Greece.

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Lead pollution likely led to widespread declines in IQ during the ancient Roman ... prosperity across the Roman Empire, beginning with the rule of the first emperor Augustus in 27 B.C. and lasting ...