Traditionally, Roman society was extremely rigid. By the first century, however, the need for capable men to run Rome’s vast empire was slowly eroding the old social barriers. The social ...

The "King Solomon" pendant likely belonged to a cavalry soldier stationed at the ancient Byzantine city of Hadrianopolis.

During the late third century, the Roman Emperor Diocletian divided the vast empire into two halves to make it easier to govern. The Western Roman Empire was ruled from Milan, while the Eastern ...