The two-part special uses dramatic live action sequences, archive footage, and expert commentary to bring to life the crucial players in Rome's thousand-year history.

New discoveries have recently been made in Egypt after officials uncovered a cemetery revealing a plethora of information.

Roman history began in 753 B.C.E., when Romulus killed his twin brother and founded the city that would eventually rule the Mediterranean. That power would be built on slavery. No modern depiction of ...

The Romans. A collection of animated videos exploring the Roman Empire and its legacy, with a focus on the Roman invasion and settlement of Britain. BBC Teach.

Archaeologists working with the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt have recently discovered the remains of a Roman ...

From 500 BCE on, the Roman Empire extended its territory across parts of Europe and North Africa until its frontier totaled some 7,500 kilometres by the 2nd century. The Romanian segment, the Dacian ...

The British Empire was the largest in world history. At its peak in the years following World War I, it covered nearly 14 ...

“The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire” is a two-part special that re-tells the staggering expansion, domination, and ultimate collapse of one of history’s greatest and most cautionary civilizations.

Despite the Roman Empire's extensive military and cultural influence on the nearby Balkan peninsula, a DNA analysis of individuals who lived in the region between 1 and 1000 CE found no genetic ...

Why so many Roman coin hoards end up being buried and never found has baffled archaeologists for decades. A major new study has shown that the non-recovery of these hoarded treasures was caused by ...

If you were the kind of kid who couldn't wait for the days when you watched documentaries in elementary school, well then, you'd better add Netflix's Roman Empire to the top of your list. Season 1, ...