Sartaba/Alexandrium was built by the Hasmoneans and expanded by Herod. A team of archaeologists has launched a first ...

The destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in 70 CE is still one of the most important and contested events in ancient history.

“Senatorial propaganda led people to believe that Antony had recklessly given away entire Roman provinces when, in reality, most were limited districts, such as ports in Phoenicia and Anatolia,” notes ...

Shlomo Sand, a historian at Tel Aviv University, boldly challenges the very foundation of Israel’s national ideology in his ...

Bar-Kochba, Josephus and Yochanan were commanders of revolts and military battles against the Roman occupiers. He adds those who died in pogroms, Church Inquisition torture chambers and autos-de-fe.

Herod the Great, a military general and astute politician, was a complex man. Racially, he was an Arab from Idumea, Religiously, he was Jewish. Culturally, he was Greek. Politically, he was Roman ...

The Roman Soldiers Museum is expanding its exhibition to include a more extensive collection of authentic Roman military artifacts, allowing guests to explore the daily life and battle-ready ...

The Army is grappling with a staggering attrition rate among newly enlisted troops, even as recent recruiting figures suggest the service is clawing its way out of a yearslong enlistment crisis ...

When the Roman Empire began collapsing, Christianity prevailed and the Roman Catholic Church kept its territories together.