The Roman Empire now stretched across Europe and the Middle East, from the borders of Scotland to southern Spain. It included North Africa, western and central Europe, and what is now Israel ...

His long rule saw a huge expansion in the Roman Empire and the beginnings of a dynasty ... north Africa and the Middle East could trade and travel under Rome’s protection. He had won over ...

The Roman emperors were once the most famous people in the world, ruling over an empire that stretched between what are now Spain and the Middle East. But just how much do you know about these ...

An rare discovery in northern Luxembourg has given historians a fresh glimpse into the final years of the Western Roman ...

Emperor Theodosius I dies. The Roman Empire is divided into two parts: the Eastern Empire, governed by his son Arcadius, and the Western Empire, by his son Honorius. Barbarian peoples—Swabians ...

The unique circumstances put question marks around his reign from the start and Theodosius I, the Eastern Roman Emperor, never fully afforded him power. Eugenius, who did have some support from ...

The emperor Hadrian was well known for building monuments across the Roman Empire ... his astonishing travels through Spain, Egypt, the eastern provinces of the empire, and—of particular ...

and Theodosius (ruled from A.D. 379 to 395), but there were more than 170 when the entire lines of both the Western and Eastern Roman emperors are included. Some emperors were famously bad ...