Croatia In 301 A.D., the Emperor Diocletian made a bold but ultimately unsuccessful bid to address the inflation that was rampaging across the eastern half of the divided Roman Empire. Prices of ...

As much as Julius Nepos refused to recognize his legitimacy and continued to hold the title in parallel until his death in 475 AD, history considers the last Western Roman emperor to be Romulus ...

Septimius's other archSeen here in close-up, embellishments stand out on Emperor Septimius Severus’s arch in the Roman Forum. Made of travertine faced with marble, the elaborately decorated arch ...

This marble bust portrays Roman Emperor Augustus, combining individualized likeness with the smooth, youthful appearance of a deity. Credit: Walters Art Museum, licensed under CC0. What comes to mind ...

Repairs wallpaper tears and loose seams with specially formulated white adhesive that dries fast Includes 3 oz adhesive tube for sealing wallpaper seams, edges, and corners Smoothing tool features ...

Most of the Roman Emperors’ remains or ashes have been lost forever. Credit: VincenzoCamuccini, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain Regarding Roman Emperors and their fate, a significant mystery has ...

The official structure, stuffed with significant coins and Greek papyri, was likely later transformed into someone’s grave Sonja Anderson The collection, which dates to the first century C.E ...

A lesson from second century Marcus Aurelius. He was one of Rome’s only five good emperors. A biographer wrote of Marcus Aurelius: “He accepted circumstances with a heartfelt commitment to doing what ...

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Originally built in AD70 and then expended in AD90 – 120, London’s Roman basilica was a building unlike any ... destroyed by Rome as a punishment for London supporting the rogue emperor Carausius.