Marseille appealed to its nearest power, Rome, for help ... as it existed during the Roman Empire. The map's origins were obscure: a 13th-century monk from Colmar had apparently copied it from ...

The Roman Empire grew over a long period ... certainly the eastern part of what became the empire actively solicited Rome's presence and were looking for, a firm, stable political authority ...

Members of Trump’s coterie are obsessed with ancient Rome and its collapse. But their interpretation of Roman history is ...