JERUSALEM – Israeli archaeologists earlier this month announced the discovery of the first known Roman-era theater in Jerusalem’s Old City, a unique structure around 1,800 years old that abuts the ...

Two thousand years ago, at the dawn of the first century, the world was ruled by Rome. The Roman Empire struggled with problems which are surprisingly familiar: violent coups, assassination, ...

A digital atlas of ancient Rome’s highways and byways reveals a road network that was more extensive than thought. By Franz Lidz The apostle Paul traveled widely across the Roman Empire to spread the ...

Is this the real reason the Roman Empire collapsed? Throughout antiquity, kingdoms and nations rose and fell but Rome stood strong—until its steep decline. The fall of this ancient superpower is so ...