Archaeologists in Luxembourg have discovered a lavish 1,700-year-old hoard of Roman gold coins that had been placed near the foundations of a small, tower-like Roman fort.

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"The portrait was very very recognisable ... his own body and his own likeness to assert his personal power - the Roman Emperor Augustus. His bronze, over life-sized head gives a brutally clear ...

She has published several articles on the status of Jews in the Greek province of the Empire and on the developing religious message of the Roman emperors. Early Christian preachers such as the ...

The coins feature portraits of eight emperors, but three coins portrayed an unexpected ruler: Eugenius, an illegitimate emperor of the Western Roman Empire who reigned for only two years (392 to 394).