Tacitus, respected for his critical eye on Roman politics, did not shy away from detailing the tyrannical nature of Rome's emperors. His accounts relied on official records, Senate proceedings ...

It didn't stop him from doing all of the kinds of unsavory things that Roman emperors were wont to do. But again, ... they are a part of the mainstream of Roman society. This is an imperial Jesus.

Sis said the emperors “considered the worship of their polytheistic array of gods to be necessary for maintaining public order. “It was expressive of the character and aspirations of Roman ...

To a historian of ancient Rome like Mary Beard, it’s always timely to talk about the empire. But her new book about the daily lives of Roman Emperors, Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman ...

It’s a straightforward part of the Easter story: The Roman governor Pontius Pilate had Jesus of Nazareth killed by his soldiers. He imposed a sentence that Roman judges often inflicted on social ...

THE lost Roman city believed to be home to three apostles of Jesus has been uncovered, archaeologists Last month, archaeologists from the Kinneret Institute for Galilean Archaeology at Kinneret ...