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A new DFG project has been launched to study brick stamps in Roman Trier. Trier reached its peak in the 4th century AD, when it served as a residence for Roman emperors. Monumental structures like the ...
A trio of researchers from Bocconi University, in Italy, the University of Cambridge, in the U.K., and Stanford University, ...
A new study revealed which ancient empire had the greatest inequality, challenging beliefs about Rome and China.
The rise and fall of the publicani of the Roman Empire offers valuable lessons on scalability, adaptability, financial ...
Rome, with a population of around 75 million, had an average income equivalent to about 2.25 times the subsistence minimum — ...
Trier developed into a major economic and political center in the Roman Empire’s northern provinces, which as a result saw extensive construction ...
What Ancient Rome can tell us about the fate of Trump’s tariffs - ANALYSIS: When tariffs were used in Ancient Rome, they ...
Unfortunately for the Romans, however, these tariffs often led to higher prices, black markets and other economic problems.
Agriculture remained an ideal measure of wealth in the ancient world even after Rome achieved economic superiority.
The Roman conquest of Greece has been an integral part of the long and rich history of this proud nation in the Eastern ...
The recycled buildings of Rome, long dismissed by architects, are getting a reappraisal as a model for how to reduce waste ...
Members of Trump’s coterie are obsessed with ancient Rome and its collapse. But their interpretation of Roman history is ...