The Romans are famous for their battles in the Colosseum, but how accurate are the scenes portrayed there in the new movie ...

As always with films based in the past, pedantic historians will jump in to assess the degree of cinematic license and ...

One of the coins in the hoard was a gold aureus of Claudius, the very emperor who led the invasion of Britain. That connection made the find even more special. It's heavy and a beautiful coin, and has ...

The collection of 748 gold and silver coins is estimated to date from as early as 206 BC through to the Roman emperor ...

1. Misconception: Caligula’s horse held public office. In the 1976 BBC miniseries I, Claudius, Emperor Caligula greets his horse, Incitatus, at a wedding reception. “He’s never been to a wedding ...

A pair of metal-detector-discovered coin hoards have both sold for high figures at auction. The Helmingham Hoard made ...

In fact, once you’ve planted tomatillos or ground cherries, you will mostly likely have many volunteer plants for years to ...

The discovery of the remains of a small town "reshapes" the understanding of Roman life in one part of eastern England, ...

Best figure in the classical world? I think Livia, the wife of Augustus, the first emperor of Rome, has my vote. Everyone ...

Ancient Roman gold and silver coins were found in 2019 by a metal detectorist in Suffolk. Years later, the coins made an ...

In the end, he turned back, and Britain would not be conquered by Rome until the reign of the Emperor Claudius - almost a ...

One thing that certainly did not happen was a warrior mounted on a rhinoceros (even a non-computer-generated one) charging at ...