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Unusual rocks on an Icelandic beach were dropped there by icebergs, adding to evidence that an unusually cool period preceded ...
Unfortunately for the Romans, however, these tariffs often led to higher prices, black markets and other economic problems.
The graveyard of Liternum, near Naples, was in use between the first century B.C.E. and the third century C.E.
The ascendant right wing loves ancient ... to Rome, the right’s leaders have embraced the aesthetic: a bust of Caesar for Steve Bannon, a pen name borrowed from a fourth-century B.C. Roman ...
was discovered during the ongoing excavation of the ancient port city of Ostia. It was the first Roman colony and an important urban center of antiquity, 16 miles from Rome. “This is an ...
The rise and fall of the publicani of the Roman Empire offers valuable lessons on scalability, adaptability, financial ...
Sarcophagus Lid with Reclining Couple, second half of 2nd century CE (Roman, Imperial Period, Torlonia Collection, Rome), is featured in “Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the ...
Watch out for that bat behind you,” warned Luca Messina, a civil engineer who moonlights as a speleo-archaeologist with Sotterranei di Roma, Undergrounds of Rome, a local group whose members explore ...
Rome is a city that oozes history, culture, and delicious cuisine from every ancient cobblestone. Its historic ...
Archaeologists discovered a Roman necropolis near ... with respect to the layout of the ancient Via Domitiana roadway (which connected southern Italy to Rome) and the surrounding areas.
It’s one of hundreds of sites that remain long after the Romans left Britain, and just part of the legacy of Ancient Rome. Now Bath was named after the Romans left. But there are plenty of towns ...