Neither “Gladiator” nor its cinematic sequel is particularly concerned with historical fact. For one thing, the emperor Marcus Aurelius had no intention of restoring the republic. Gladiatorial ...

The Romans associated pants with barbarism and eventually banned them, but the legwear eventually became commonplace nonetheless.

The expansion of one of the Mediterranean’s strongest powers wasn’t only driven by conquest, but also infrastructure. By borrowing techniques from the Greeks and the Etruscans, Romans engineered ...

What did the Romans really think about race, identity, and belonging? This episode of the Kings and Generals animated documentary dives into Roman views of ethnicity, citizenship, and imperial ...