When the Roman Empire began collapsing, Christianity prevailed and the Roman Catholic Church kept its territories together.

At its peak in the second century A.D., the empire ... a fermented fish concoction that was the Roman version of Worcestershire sauce. Homesick soldiers received care packages too.

Take Lucian, a high-ranking Roman official in the second century. Born in Syria ... Latin was [not imposed except in the army] and administration; Greek was established as the language of the ...

The story of an ancient Roman fort in Derbyshire is being told for modern day visitors. Melandra, in Gamesley, near Glossop, ...

By the middle of the second century in Britain, there were many more auxiliary troops than legionaries, soldiers who were Roman citizens. The auxiliary troops were attached to citizen legions.

This happened later when the theater is erected and when Roman Legionnaires and soldiers come and establish their presence and make themselves known at the beginning of the second century.

Much of Attila’s infamy comes from his relentless campaign westward into Europe where he pillaged the riches of the Roman Empire. But he was stopped by a confederation of Roman soldiers and ...

Pontius Pilate is inextricably connected with the prosecution and trial of Jesus Christ. His later life has been subject to ...

By the beginning of the first century AD, Jews had spread from their ... Four years later, the Roman army had crushed the revolt, but had also destroyed the temple. The sacred treasures were ...

Scotland's earliest silver arrived via the Roman army, in the form ... St Ninian's Isle, (8th century) Those long-recycled Roman silver supplies start to run low in the second half of the millennium.

This map shows the approximate location of the major tribes who lived in Britain at the time of the Roman Conquest of ... status to them only in the early 2nd century. The capital was established ...

The first is about a Syrian archer suffering the British weather; the second about a Roman lady travelling from Rome to support her soldier husband. 8. The slave and the architect. This story ...