Starz has unveiled the first images for the spinoff series of Spartacus, while showrunner Steven S. DeKnight explains new ...

A hoard of 13 silver coins found in a field was probably lost in the wake of the Roman invasion of Britain in AD43, according to a historian. The discovery was made by a metal detectorist in a field ...

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

Builders were stunned when they stumbled across one of the largest hoards of Roman coins ever found in Britain — worth more than £100,000 (about $126,000). A total of 1,368 Iron Age and Roman ...

The ultimate lesson of the Roman Republic’s fate is that once you’ve allowed one man to rule as a monarch, even if you pretend he doesn’t, you are past the point of no return.

An Overview of the Roman Senate. The Roman Republic emerged in 509 B.C.E. following the expulsion of its long-standing monarchy. Critical to the Republic’s foundation was an emphasis on forming ...

As in the Roman Republic, the society is plagued with greed, political division,and special interests. Coppola told NPR he sees the fall of the Roman Republic as a cautionary tale for our times.

To be a citizen of the Roman Republic meant, among other things, the right to do certain things for the public in the public eye: for instance, to elect politicians to office, ...

There’s just a lot (in a fairly narrow band) of Greek and Roman history to easily consume. What’s more, a small selection of surviving primary sources for the late Roman Republic and early ...

From the Republic to the Empire, civitas—full Roman citizenship—was prized by those who had it and coveted by those who did not. A denarius from from the late second-century B.C. shows Roman ...

The ultimate lesson of the Roman Republic’s fate is that once you’ve allowed one man to rule as a monarch, even if you pretend he doesn’t, you are past the point of no return.