By most historical accounts, the Roman Emperor Caligula was a nightmare–a sadistic, debaucherous, and unstable despot.

Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, the Byzantine Emperor who preferred books and who offered us a detailed account of Byzantine ...

It was officially renounced c.270/275 CE, when Emperor Aurelian withdrew the Roman army and administration from Dacia. The relatively short time that the Roman frontier of Dacia functioned was ...

Researchers from Mainz, Oxford, and Innsbruck have used carbonate fragments to unravel the complex history of the Arles ...

Class struggle isn’t a modern invention — it’s been with us for thousands of years. Sarah Bond is a professor of classics at ...

Later, under emperors like Aurelian in the 3rd century CE, collegia were placed under increasing state control. Their ability to organize workers made them invaluable — but also dangerous.

Where to Find Ruins of the Roman Empire’s Last Years A visit to Ravenna and Rome can take you back to the fifth century, when everything seemed to be in chaos ...

In 274, the territory was retaken by Roman Emperor Aurelian following the Battle of Châlons. The coins identified so far primarily originated at a mint in Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, now the ...

What Roman authorities did control, however, was coin production. They attempted to address the lack of faith in silver coins via currency reforms in the third century, which included a slight ...

They attempted to address the lack of faith in silver coins via currency reforms in the third century, which included a slight increase in silver content under the emperor Aurelian (270-275).

Statue of Roman emperor Hadrian. This intrepid Redditor sorted the emperors into several tiers: Stay Far Away From Me, Ugly, Mediocre, Cute, Hot, Apollo Himself, and Caligula Tier. Subscribe to ...

The miscasting of the mixed-race Emperors Geta and Caracalla only perpetuates the misconception that the Roman world was ethnically uniform.