Google Maps for the ancient world. "In building a geographic transportation model of the Roman Empire, you can't just download an API for distance," Meeks told Ars.

Four centuries after Roman soldiers hung Jesus on a cross and mocked him, the emperor of Rome was himself Christian and Christianity was the religion of the empire.

By executing Jesus, the Romans had kick-started a brand new religion that, in time, would spread across Rome and, eventually, the world. Where to next: Religion in Ancient Rome – Early Christians ...

VIA ROMANA A new interactive map of the Roman Empire allows users to calculate costs in time and money for hundreds of river, road and sea routes. W. Scheidel and E. Meeks ...

According to Dr. Ecker, “This is the best-documented Roman court case from Iudaea apart from the trial of Jesus.” The ...

The Roman reaction to these situations was typical, swift and decisive. Josephus mentions 40 different men who claimed to be the Jewish messiah around the time of Jesus. Every single one of them was ...

This is ORBIS, an online simulation (and thoroughly brainy time sink) that allows you to chart a route through the Roman Empire circa 200 AD. As the developers explain: ...

In the time of Jesus' birth, midwives played a central role in births across the Roman Empire. They also publicly attested to questions about pregnancy or virginity.

Researchers have finally deciphered a 1,900-year-old scroll describing a tense court case during the Roman occupation of ...

At its largest, the Roman Empire covered a staggering 1,061,780 square miles (2,750,000 square km) To put this expanse into perspective, historians have created an incredible interactive map ...

For the first time in 1,900 years, humans have been able to read ancient text dating from the height of the Roman Empire. The historic text was written on a scroll of papyrus – a material ...