In 2004, archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Ovilava in Austria uncovered a grave including two people buried ...

Seeking revenge, the Praetorian Guard ... men from all over the empire were eligible for the highest office. It was also very successful. As emperor, Trajan expanded the Roman Empire to become ...

Learn what this Roman emperor's secret garden meant to Roman society and why the discovery speaks to ancient Roman life.

He restored the hated treason trials of his predecessor, executing both rivals and close allies, including the head of the Praetorian Guard ... blackmailing leading Roman families and confiscating ...

A hoard of 1,368 coins, most of them silver, has been discovered in a pot by a metal detectorist in Worcestershire, a county in England.

The Roman Empire had many slaves ... If there was ever a risk to the Emperor, his special protectors, the Praetorian Guard, would be called in. The Roman God of Justice was called Justitia ...

While the coins were buried during Nero's reign, some of them were minted earlier. All but one of the coins in the hoard are silver denarii, a standard Roman coin, that were minte ...