The ‘Roman Limes’ represents the border line of the Roman Empire at its greatest extent in the 2nd century AD. It stretched over 5,000 km from the Atlantic coast of northern Britain, through Europe to ...

a famed Roman emperor who led the empire to its greatest geographical extent. The extravagant, imposing statue of Trajan was discovered by researchers from the Excavation Committee of the Ancient ...

French writer Voltaire once wrote this of the Roman Empire: "It was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire". What makes a nation a great Empire or a Super Power? One thing you cannot take away from ...

At its height ... fused to such an extent that historians group them together as Greco-Roman culture. On Rome’s eastern borders was the Parthian (Persian) Empire. For a time Rome was able ...

iStock The Roman Empire was founded in 27 B.C. following the demise of the preceding ancient state known as the Roman Republic. At its greatest extent, the empire, which was centered on Rome in ...

With its vast empire, ancient Rome gave Europe its first common culture. From England to Turkey, we explore the greatest Roman cities, marveling at their over-the-top art, soaring aqueducts ...

Three pandemics in the Roman Empire coincided with abnormally cold ... The Roman state flourished and reached its greatest extent during the three centuries of relatively warm and wet weather ...

It seems the Roman Empire entered the 7th century at the peak of its power. But Roman miscalculations, and their failure against their Persian opponents, brought the entire area into a downward ...