Sure, that hood ornament and the car's distinctive lines are part of what makes a Rolls-Royce a Rolls-Royce. But there's also ...

When Elon Musk performed a gesture that many saw as a fascist gesture, his supporters claimed it was a Roman salute. So ...

Hadrian was a well-educated and cultured leader with a deep love for Greek culture, earning him the nickname “Graeculus” or ...

The straight-arm gesture was first popularized by the Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini. There’s no evidence of a ...

Due to this, much of its original history is lost. We know more about what happened to the Pantheon after the fall of the Roman Empire. In 608, Pope Boniface IV requested the Pantheon be ...

Is there a difference between the Hitler salute and the Roman salute? Danny Bird explores the story of an instantly ...

The Greek document details a court case in ancient Palestine involving tax fraud and provides insight into trial preparations in the Roman Empire Sonja Anderson The 404 coins, including 44 from ...

The Roman Empire's pervasive influence once reached across land, sea, and even sky. During the golden age of Roman imperialism, air pollution grew so inescapable that researchers now suspect it caused ...

Mining and smelting minerals like iron represented technological highs at the Roman Empire’s peak. But those activities also produced enough lead pollution to impair its citizens’ IQs, according to a ...

The Roman Empire lowered IQ levels across Europe according to a new study, due to the vast quantities of lead pollution churned out by the booming metals industry. Researchers have said the massive ...

Silver fueled the rise of the Roman Empire as its coin-based currency accelerated trade, filled tax coffers and funded military conquests. But the empire’s mining and extracting of silver was ...