SPQR stands for Senatus Populusque Romanus, which translates to "The Senate and Roman People" or "The Senate and People of ...

For nearly 180 years, papal conclaves have chosen a new pope in three to five days. In centuries past, they've taken a lot ...

Why exactly did the Roman Empire fall? The answer to this question has been heavily debated practically since the empire’s [… ...

Mithridates was a Greco-Persian king, who left his mark in history for his war against the Romans and for developing immunity ...

Reading like the lyrics to a popular song or poem from modern times, ancient Greek poems have prompted new insights into ...

For most humans who have breathed Earth's air over the course of history, our deaths have disappeared from record, as ...

Using tree-ring data from ancient oaks, the team reconstructed rainfall levels in southern Britain during the years preceding ...

At Passover — observed this week — divine liberation from a fearsome tyrant is solemnly remembered. The Pharaoh of ancient ...

They’re going tit for tat. The state flag of Virginia has been banned in a Texas school district over the depiction of a Roman goddess with an exposed bare boob, according to a report.

When you’re the emperor Augustus, they let you do it.

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Could Roman Reigns be wrapping up his time in WWE? The Tribal Chief has revealed ... Reigns told Vanity Fair that he's received numerous scripts over the years, but his commitment to wrestling ...