Roman Empire

Michael Grant analyses Mithras and its importance to the ancients.

R.A.G. Carson investigates the fate of the polity established by rebel Roman general Carausius in the third century AD.

The great conflagration, with Nero playing his lyre, as reimagined by Rob Murray.

Paul Lay reflects on a recent trip to Naples, the closest thing Europe has to a living, breathing medieval city.

A new online resource opens up possibilities for interpreting the infrastructure of the Roman world, says Jasmine Pui.

2000 years ago, writes William Y. Willetts, magnificent Silks from China began to reach the wealthy families of Rome.

C.E. Stevens explains how, by crossing the Rubicon, Julius Caesar challenged the power of the Roman Senate, and opened the way for the foundation of the Roman Empire.

C.E. Stevens searches the elusive world of ancient Britain.

Rayner Heppenstall highlights the problems inherent in divisions of British and Irish history along racial lines.

 Michael Grant introduces a nineteenth century historian of Rome whose work is still authoritative and valid.