BC: Julius Caesar is stabbed to death by Brutus, Cassius and several other Roman senators in Rome.. 270AD: St Nicholas, ...

Hidden for more than two millennia, the Le Câtillon II hoard is the largest Celtic coin trove ever discovered. But was it a ...

More than a decade ago, metal detectorists Reg Mead and Richard Miles unearthed what proved to be the world's largest Iron ...

Archaeologists have discovered a possible Celtic settlement near the site of Jersey's massive iron age hoard - potentially ...

A rare and possibly unique 1619 gold löser, struck under Duke Christian the Elder of Brunswick, galloped past expectations at ...

Athens' oldest coins were created from silver originating around the world, a study suggests, revealing an unknown ancient ...

The Ptolemaic Dynasty, established by the Macedonian Greek general Ptolemy I Soter, ruled Egypt for almost three centuries.

New copper pennies vanished from circulation in 1982 — 73 years after the first Lincoln penny was minted. They were replaced ...

Tiberius Caesar had the unenviable task of succeeding his stepfather Augustus. He would always be a pale shadow of the ...

Public ceremonies, lavish processions, and temporary wooden arches were commonplace after victory in Ancient Rome. But during ...

The newest coins date from about A.D. 175 during the reign of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, who died in 180. | Credit: ...

Four of the coins date to the reign of Marcus Aurelius, who was played by Richard Harris in the first Gladiator film, with ...