The discovery was made during the renovation of Hrvojeva Street at the heart of Split in Croatia, and the direct link was ...

By Peter Edwell for The ConversationStanding in the vast ruins of the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, hundreds of gulls circle above. Their haunting cries echo voices from 1,800 years ago.

Baths, wine, and sex make life worth living’: how ancient Romans used public baths to relax, work out and socialise.

Standing in the vast ruins of the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, hundreds of gulls circle above. Their haunting cries echo ...

A truly incredible secret tunnel has just been discovered under Diocletian's Palace in the very heart of Split.

At eighteen, during Emperor Diocletian’s persecution of Christians (284-305), Julian was arrested and brought before the ...

And, to this day, the maze of narrow alleys — literally Diocletian's hallways at one point in time — makes up the core of Split. Today's residents are actually living in a Roman emperor's palace.

In 301 A.D., the Emperor Diocletian made a bold but ultimately unsuccessful bid to address the inflation that was rampaging across the eastern half of the divided Roman Empire.

And so, ironically, what Diocletian built to glorify his memory is used instead to remember his victims. A few steps away is a temple dedicated to Jupiter. Roman emperors often made themselves a god.

The artifact has also provided new insights into the relationship between the local population and Emperor Diocletian, possibly confirming some challenges described in the Jerusalem Talmud, Dr ...

So, to make things easier, Emperor Diocletian decided to institute what’s known today as the “tetrarchy”—a 31-year period where four rulers (technically two senior augusti, including ...