While excavating at Hradisko Hill in South Moravia, Czech Republic, archaeologists recently unearthed an 1,800-year-old ...

Archaeologists discovered a Roman soldier’s wrist purse in South Moravia, believed to be the oldest ever found in the Czech ...

Archaeologists in South Moravia have uncovered a rare Roman artefact: a bronze fragment of a soldier’s wrist purse.

In the southwest corner of our linoleum floored family room, rested a brown Naugahyde fabric Lazy Boy recliner. Overhead ...

Marcus Aurelius, the philosopher-king, faced crises while ruling the Roman Empire, as reflected in his personal "Meditations," now a bestseller. An upcoming exhibition in Trier explores Aurelius's ...

Here you have “300 Spartans” and “Rome”, but the main thing is “Gladiator”. The similarities are so obvious that some scenes feel like a direct quote. And if you saw how Marcus Aurelius lived and died ...

Nowadays, Marcus Aurelius is remembered less for his philosophizing than for being smothered by young Commodus at the start of the swords-and-sandals epic Gladiator.

The silver coins were minted over a period of more than ... The most famous ruler featured in the hoard is arguably the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (reigned from A.D. 161 to 180), while ...

When Marcus Aurelius died, Commodus would move seamlessly from co-emperor to sole emperor, keeping the line of succession securely within the Aurelian family. Marcus Aurelius is perhaps one of the ...

When Marcus Aurelius died, Commodus would move seamlessly from co-emperor to sole emperor, ... Silver coin with head of Macrinus (right) and eagle and Helios (left), c. 217.

So says the dying Emperor Marcus Aurelius at the beginning of the 2000 film Gladiator. ... To achieve this dream, he decides that he cannot let his corrupt son Commodus succeed to the throne.