What have the Romans ever done for us?” quipped my partner, Ed, as we stood on the main street of Nicopolis ad Istrum, formerly a Roman town in Bulgaria that is now a glorious assemblage of ruins.

If you are interested in the Roman Empire, there are numerous movies and shows set during this era. From the style and landscape to the people and politics, these productions instill a sense of ...

Researchers have uncovered a remarkable find with the help of advanced AI that could challenge longstanding beliefs about ...

WE have received from the Ordnance Survey the Aberdeen sheet of the International Map of the Roman Empire on the scale of 1 to 1,000,000. The sheet covers the greater part of Scotland north of the ...

How often do you think about the Roman Empire? If you've been approached by someone in your life or heard others discussing their propensity for pondering the ancient civilization over a causal ...

The only surviving copy of a road map from the late Roman Empire goes on show in Vienna, Austria, for one day only.

The Gough Map. Credit: Public domain / Wikimedia Commons The roads built by the Romans in Britain continued to be used for both travel and trade in the Middle Ages for more than a thousand years after ...

A viral trend about the Roman Empire puts on display our cultural obsession with myths about classical history, writes historian David M. Perry; at the same time, it underscores a social ...

FOLLOWING CAESAR: From Rome to Constantinople, the Pathways That Planted the Seeds of Empire. By John Keahey. St. Martin’s Press. 256 pages. $30.

This week was a big one, as yesterday's Tinto Maps post was the grand heart of early modern Europe: The Holy Roman Empire. Historical strategy fans long knew that this would be an immense ...

An incredible new map reveals the Roman amphitheatres dotted around Britain dating back around 2,000 years. From London to Chester and Carmarthen in Wales, the massive venues hosted gladiator ...