Researchers have created a new road map of the Roman world that could help historians study how religion, migration, trade, and even pandemics spread across the Roman Empire 2000 years ago.

Roman religion was divided into two. Spirits watched over people, families and households, and the paterfamilias was in charge of the household worship that honored them. Romans also had a set of ...

Having fought his way into power, Augustus used religion as a tool to protect his position and promote his political agenda. Having gained power by force in a bitterly fought civil war, Augustus was ...

Another element in the Roman state religion was what is generally referred to as the imperial cult. This cult regarded emperors and members of their families as gods. On his death, Julius Caesar was ...

In 2024, archaeologists at a site along Hadrian's Wall in northern Britain have made a breakthrough discovery that can reveal much about religion and daily life on Rome's northernmost frontier.

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Roman tolerance did not extend to religions that it perceived as threats to public order within the empire. Cults such as Isis-worship were banned from time to time, when their practice caused unrest.

Given the toleration of other religions by Roman authorities, the situation in a place like Britain - a province of the Roman empire - might well have been quite complex. We can see evidence in ...