All news on the topic: Roman Empire

The Norton Disney dodecahedron is a copper alloy, hollow, 12-sided object that seems to hail back to the third or fourth century, and is confounding experts trying to work out its purpose

An ongoing excavation at Somma Vesuviana has uncovered an important structure from the time of Emperor Augustus, providing new information about the ancient Roman world

Rowan Brannan, 12, was walking with mum when he spotted the band dating back to the first century. The Roman bracelet of armilla type has since been studied by the British Museum

Archaeologists in Viminacium, Serbia, have unearthed a bizarre wind chime known as a tintinnabulum dating back to around 200AD which was used to ward off evil spirits by Romans

New research has shed light on an extremely unfortunate resident of Herculaneum