Hundreds of gold and silver coins buried 2,000 years ago unearthed by metal detectorists in the Netherlands
Several dozen other coins, made of an alloy of gold, silver and copper, come from what is now Great Britain and were stamped ...
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Caligula killed a king of Roman Morocco over a purple cloak
Ptolemy, the last king of Mauretania ... Sixteen years later, Ptolemy returned to the Roman Empire following the invitation of its emperor Caligula. The latter is one of the most controversial ...
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Archaeologists Discover 141 Ancient Gold Coins Depicting Nine Roman Emperors in Luxembourg
Archaeologists in Luxembourg have unearthed a stash of Roman gold coins dating back some 1,600 years. The coins are marked ...
A king's subtle response to Trump and why the Roman Empire may have gotten dumber: The news quiz
Test your knowledge of the week in news, and take last week’s quiz here. Annie Hill is platforms editor for NBC News based in London. Ash Reynolds is an intern on the NBC News Digital Data Graphics ...