Ancient Rome used high tariffs to raise money too – and created other economic problems along the way
Unfortunately for the Romans, however, these tariffs often led to higher prices, black markets and other economic problems.
The Roman Empire Loved by Elon Musk and Steve Bannon Never Existed
Members of Trump’s coterie are obsessed with ancient Rome and its collapse. But their interpretation of Roman history is ...
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Why the Roman Empire is suddenly everywhere online
More than 1,500 years after its collapse in A.D. 476, the Roman Empire has seen a resurgence in the unlikeliest of settings — social media. Online users, predominantly on the video-sharing app ...
A mass grave for fighters in a Roman Empire-era battle is revealed in Vienna
VIENNA — As construction crews churned up dirt to renovate a Vienna soccer field last October, they happened upon an ...
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Hilarious TikTok Trend Reveals How Often Men Think About the Roman Empire (Spoiler Alert: It’s a Lot!)
“Joe Rogan’s podcast is wildly popular, and there’s this trend to have this modern understanding ... seemingly think of the Roman Empire “just randomly” every day, to which Daly ...
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Who Was The Best Roman Emperor in History?
What comes to mind when you think about the kind of Roman Emperor who managed to establish an indestructible empire?
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Zenobia, the Rebel Queen Who Took On Rome
Located in the middle of modern-day Syria, around 130 miles northeast ... independence—albeit as a client state within the Roman Empire. Zenobia sought to change that. Over the centuries ...
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The First Roman Aqueduct Ever Found in Slovakia Sports an Ancient Manufacturer’s Stamp and a Paw Print
During a recent excavation on the grounds of a mansion in Slovakia, researchers discovered something remarkable: a Roman ...
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Sculpture showing typical Roman houses
Despite these differences, almost all citizens carefully observed the same rituals at dinner time – the rituals that made them Roman ... far more like that in modern day Cairo or Delhi than ...
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‘Rare’ ancient Roman item found buried under 1,800-year-old fence in Scotland. See it
They are “most commonly found along the borders of the Roman Empire, in eastern Gaul (modern-day France), Switzerland and the Rhineland (modern-day Germany).” How did a Roman brooch end up ...
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Who were the Romans?
During the time of the Roman Empire, the Senate had less power than ... AD122 and ordered that a wall should be built near the modern-day border between Scotland and England, which marked the ...