The Roman Empire may have fallen more than 1,500 years ago, but its streets never truly disappeared. Across Europe and the ...

Yet Trimalchio was mistaken. He had not reckoned with Kim Bowes, professor of ancient history and archaeology at the ...

"It's a nice sort of glimpse into the daily life as opposed to what everyone thinks of when they think of Hadrian's Wall," ...

Archaeologists analyzing a Roman sewer at Vindolanda uncover evidence soldiers lived with chronic gut parasites despite ...

This strange discovery is just one among a trove of new details on ancient Roman life and death found at the necropolis Vila de Madrid, which today lies in the heart of the city of Barcelona. In a new ...

For wealthy Romans, life was good. They lived in beautiful houses – often on the hills outside Rome, away from the noise and the smell. They enjoyed an extravagant lifestyle with luxurious furnishings ...

Deep beneath a quiet stretch of western Europe, researchers have uncovered the ghost of a community that flourished long ...

Apicius was such an over-the-top foodie, even by the grand standards of the Roman Empire, that his name not only became synonymous with the culinary high life but, so scholars believe, also the ...

The city of Rome is still fed by pipes and aqueducts designed over two thousand years ago. They were built during the Roman Empire to bring water from nearby mountains. Engineers ensured the supply ...

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