Amateur Archaeologist Found Largest Hadrian-Era Roman Silver Coin Hoard in Germany
An amateur archaeologist in western Germany uncovered a Roman silver coin hoard of 934 denarii, the largest known in the country from the period of Emperor Hadrian, according to...
Nearly 2,000 years ago, communities in a part of Greco-Roman Thrace that lies in modern-day southeastern Bulgaria used specialized clay pots to store and preserve meat and animal fat, with some vessels transported dozens of kilometers despite being easily...
A curse tablet unearthed at a Roman temple in south Wiltshire, carved with the unusual Greek name 'Hegemon,' is one small but telling piece of evidence in a new review of how people moved into and across Roman Britain.
The...
Archaeologists in Urús, Spain, have uncovered Roman sling bullets inscribed with the name of Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus, the Roman governor who led forces against an ancient revolt in the Pyrenees mountains of northeastern Spain. The discovery was made alongside...
Women who managed Roman villas held far more power than historians once believed, according to a new study that finds these women were skilled managers of farm production, not simple housekeepers.
The study, published in the Journal of Roman Archaeology,...
Roman merchants, not soldiers, were the true agents who transformed Europe. A new study argues that Roman culture spread across the province of Noricum through commerce and daily exchange, long before any formal conquest.
The research, published in "Balcanica Posnaniensia....
Before the Roman Republic was formed, Rome was ruled by kings. The first of these was Romulus, while the last was Lucius Tarquinius Superbus—at least, this is what has been claimed by ancient records written centuries after the fact....
Scientists have long wondered what ancient Romans stored inside the massive ceramic vessels found at Ostia, the port city that once served as Rome's commercial gateway. Now, a study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science offers the first...
Despite Romulus being famous as the founder of Rome, ancient Greek and Roman records show that the city had actually already been founded by a Greek king named Evander. He was allegedly an important figure in the history of...
Four knives believed to be roughly 1,500 years old have been unearthed at ancient Hadrianopolis in modern-day Turkey. The discovery sheds new light on how people lived and worked at the site during the Late Roman and Early Byzantine...
