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, ...
A metal detectorist found a hoard of coins which were used throughout the Roman period. Colin Cole unearthed a total of 16 ...
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 ...
Public ceremonies, lavish processions, and temporary wooden arches were commonplace after victory in Ancient Rome. But during ...
The fitting’s dating connects it to the reign of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, better known as Caracalla, from 198 to 217 C.E. A tyrannical and unpopular ruler, Caracalla ...
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 ...
Most Roman Emperors built their palaces here. Marcus Aurelius was not fond of palace life and preferred the simpler life of a philosopher. Credit: Lalupa / Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 In 138 AD, ...
For the salvation of the Caesar emperors Lucius Septimius Severus and Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustes and Publius Septimius Gaeta Caesar, Marcus Aurelius Rufinus, veteran (evocatus) of our emperors ...