SUMMARY Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus succeeded to power together in 161 CE, as the adopted heirs of Antonius Pius. At the start of their reign, Verus conducted a successful war against the ...

St. Justin Martyr Born in Flavia Neapolis (in Palestinian Syria) around 100; conversion to Christianity around 130; martyred in Rome in the year 165, under Marcus Aurelius. Saint Justin Martyr (as ...

That master was none other than Herodes Atticus, the former teacher of Marcus Aurelius, a man known for his violent and misogynistic nature who had served as senator, quaestor, and praetor under ...

Archaeologists have announced the discovery of a 1,7200-year-old artifact found in a city where Jesus spent most of his life.

His nuanced performance unearths the essence of Macrinus: a survivor whose enslavement under Marcus Aurelius bred a methodical quest for vengeance against Rome itself. Few actors could navigate ...

A Roman-era bridge was discovered in the ancient city of Elefsina, west of Athens during works for a suburban railway line.

Herodes Atticus' projects shaped 2nd-century Greece, blending rhetoric, philanthropy and architecture in a legacy of lasting impact.

The Cleveland Museum of Art will return a headless bronze sculpture to Turkey after the Manhattan D.A. identified it as ...

Scientists say that the basalt stone, unearthed in Upper Galilee at the site of Abel Beth Maacah, served as a boundary marker under Roman ... the reign of Caesar Marcus Aurelius Alexander, a ...

He fights for one purpose: to return to Rome, exact his revenge on Commodus and restore Rome to the Republic that Marcus Aurelius once ... that can move silently under the sea.