From 27 B.C.E. to 180 C.E., the Roman Empire saw a period of relative tranquility and prosperity now known as the Pax Romana ...
Archeologists conducting a dig underneath the Cressoni Theater in Como, Italy were surprised by the astounding discovery of hundreds of gold coins that date back to the late Roman imperial era in the ...
Public ceremonies, lavish processions, and temporary wooden arches were commonplace after victory in Ancient Rome. But during ...
And while many of the coins portray the Roman emperor at the time they were made, two of them instead portray the emperors' wives — Faustina I, the wife of the emperor Antoninus Pius, and Faustina II, ...
the wife of the emperor Antoninus Pius, and Faustina II, the wife of Marcus Aurelius, he said. A hoard that contains coins spanning more than 200 years is a sign that the Roman currency at the ...
The most famous ruler featured in the hoard is arguably the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (reigned from A.D. 161 to 180), while his wife, Faustina II, is portrayed on a coin of her own.