The Daily Telegraph10d
How the Roman Empire solved its public sector pension problem – 2,000 years before Britain
Stretching from the windswept Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland down to North Africa, and from Portugal to the Middle East, ...
Independent Online27d
The real North African kingdom of Numidia - and the men who ruled it
Gladiator II opens with a Roman fleet brutally laying siege to a city in the north African kingdom of Numidia. On the big screen we see ships set ablaze by pots of burning oil and defenders ...
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Belisarius The Battle of Rome (3/6)
AD, during the reign of Emperor Justinian, the Roman Empire experienced an extraordinary resurgence, reconquering lands - ...
Sure, the Romans Were Smart. But They Could Have Been Smarter.
Exposure to lead from mining probably lowered I.Q. levels in the empire, research has found. It might be the world’s first ...
We Are Africa10d
How North Africa Became a Culinary Crossroads
North African cuisine blends Mediterranean and Middle Eastern flavors thanks to historical ties with Romans, Arabs, and ...
Greek Reporter13d
Belisarius: The General Who Expanded Byzantine Empire to Its Greatest Extent
Belisarius is the much underrated military commander of the Byzantine Empire who helped reclaim huge swathes of the Roman Empire.
New Scientist11d
Lead pollution across the Roman Empire would have caused IQ deficits
Lead records from Arctic glaciers indicate that people all over Europe would have been affected by pollution from metal smelting during the Roman era ...
Lead pollution linked to lower IQs in Roman Empire: Study
Atmospheric lead pollution likely caused cognitive decline among citizens of the Roman Empire, according to research published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.