What did race and identity mean to the Romans? In this episode of Kings and Generals, we examine ancient views on ethnicity, ...

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Bite marks discovered on an ancient Roman skeleton in the UK have been hailed as the first ever physical evidence of ...

The inhabitants of Carthage were long thought to have derived from Levantine Phoenicians. But an eight-year study suggests ...

In the sweltering summer of AD18, a desperate chant echoed across China's sun-scorched plains: "Heaven has gone blind!" ...

As landscapers dug up on old concrete driveway, they never imagined that underneath would be a deadly arsenal treasure trove.

The Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus (lived circa 330 to 395) claimed in his book "Res Gestae" (Latin for "things done" ...

Until now, these clashes in the arenas of the empire were only known from written records and artistic representations ...