Protected by Rome and allowed to continue their religion ... By the beginning of the first century AD, Jews had spread from their homeland in Judaea across the Mediterranean and there were ...

Why was the first century so turbulent? The first answer is simple: hereditary rule. For most of this period, emperors were not chosen on the basis of their ability or honesty, but simply because ...

The ancient history of the Canary Islands has long puzzled archaeologists, but a recent study may have finally pieced ...

Probably there are a number of lost catacombs, too." The oldest tunnels date back to the first century. "The Jewish community in Rome built them as cemeteries. Christian catacombs came a century ...

In the first century AD, the emperor Domitian ... By the first century, gladiators were in such high demand that even Roman citizens began volunteering to fight. It seems a violent death was ...

"Excavations around Mount Vesuvius have been ongoing since the 18th century,” Kohei ... reigned as Ancient Rome’s first emperor from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. One of the greatest figures ...