AncientPages.com – Spartacus, a lowly barbarian slave whose rebellion ultimately proved a failure and whose followers died in the most ignominious of fashions, has become a modern symbol of the power of freedom and the dignity of humanity. The contemporary popularity of Spartacus must be especially galling to the many Roman heroes of the Republic. […]

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com –  During pre-quarrying investigations at Lochinver Quarry to the southwest of the town Elgin,  on the south coast of the Moray Firth roughly midway between Inverness and Aberdeen in Scotland, scientists uncovered an Iron Age settlement. Archaeologists uncovered 35 buildings at the site with iron furnaces, storage pits, and timber enclosures. […]

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – During Roman times Colchester was known as Camulodunum. Located in EsSєx, 80 km northeast of London, in what was the territory of the Trinovantes, the Roman occupation of Camulodunum began in the AD 40s. Roman Emperor Claudius (10 B.C – 54 A.D.) personally oversaw the Roman attack on Camulodunon. The […]

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A well-preserved ancient road discovered by an archaeologist offers evidence that Romans moved much deeper into Wales than historians previously thought. Dr. Mark Merrony, a Roman specialist and tutor at Oxford University who discovered the ancient road in Preseli Hills in Pembrokeshire, is astonished by this extraordinary archaeological find that […]

Conny Waters –  AncientPages.com – Chances the ancient city of Bᴀssania will ever be found have not been high.  At the beginning of the 1st century A.D.  and the end of the reign of Emperor Octavian Augustus the city of Bᴀssania was abandoned or destroyed during the Roman invasion. “Its name could have been forgotten,” […]

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands has announced a unique archaeological discovery at Herwen-Hemeling (Zevenaar) where scientists have unearthed a complete and intact ancient Roman temple. Nothing has been known about this remarkable, sacred building until now. The find was presented on Monday in Zutphen. Part of the uncovered […]

Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The ancient Roman Empire relied on a network of cities that played a pivotal role in its domain’s administration, social organization, and economy. By the first century A.D., there were approximately 2000 cities across the Roman world, including Falerii Novi. Ancient ruins of the city of Falerii Novi. Credit: Adobe […]

AncientPages.com – Domestic violence was endemic in the Roman world. Rome was a slave-owning, patriarchal, militarized culture in which violence (potential and actual) signaled power and control. Tragically, but predictably, the names of most of the victims of domestic violence do not show up in the historical record. And yet the idenтιтies of a handful of victims […]

Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – One of the world’s longest human conflicts in history was between the Romans and Persians. The Hundred Years’ War and even Rome’s long and epic struggle with Carthage was brief compared to Rome and Persia’s Near Eastern struggle. The wars between these great empires lasted about 721 years. At the […]