We have a complete list of the modern countries that were once all or in part included in the Roman Empire. Each of the photos is of a Roman archaeological site in that country. 24/7 Wall St. Insights ...

The legendary Roman empire took in every country around the Mediterranean Sea (which the Romans called “Mare Nostrum”—”Our Sea.”) It was so powerful that it managed to last for 500 years ...

Eugenius, the illegitimate emperor of the Western Roman Empire, had a short reign of only two years, from 392 to 394. Introduced as a stable currency, these coins were remarkably well-preserved ...

In countries such as Switzerland, France and parts of Germany, sweet chestnut pollen was near-absent from the wider pollen record ... But as the Roman Empire expanded, ...

To Romans, the baths proved that they were cleaner – and therefore better – than inhabitants of other countries. As the Roman Empire spread across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, the ...

Adelasius Ebalchus has a decidedly Latin name for a man who lived in Switzerland around 700 A.D., centuries after the western Roman Empire fell apart. That choice of name was deliberate, explains ...