The idea of Romans in America sounds impossible at first. But it depends on what “Roman” actually means. This video explores a narrow but plausible overlap in time. The answer is more subtle than myth ...

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“Rome was evil — and deserved to fall.” That’s a claim made all too often in modern takes on empire. But this video unpacks why blaming entire civilizations for the acts of their rulers is a slippery ...

A new study shows that organic residues from a Roman-era glass medicinal vial came from human feces.

Thousands of years ago, Romans kept changing the calendar, and it left February the odd month out. Here's how the leap year was created.

The decoration was uncovered in 2024 by a metal detectorist scanning the dirt near Harlow, not far from London. It’s a ...

Authorities accused Anin and his former colleague Ekaterina Fomina of disseminating false information on the Russian Armed Forces.

The president has said he will be “hitting them very hard” if Iranian leaders kill protesters amid widespread demonstrations calling for wholesale changes in the country. By Tyler Pager Eric Schmitt ...

It took just seven seconds for an encounter between Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and a driver in Minneapolis to turn deadly. Videos of those moments, captured on cellphones by ...

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The shooting came as Minneapolis grappled with a federal agent’s killing of a woman a day earlier, prompting calls from local leaders for an end to the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. By ...

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