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The teenage Roman emperor who scandalized an empire and died at 18
Elagabalus became Roman emperor at 14, was assassinated at 18, and managed to pack more scandal into those four years than ...
Lime granules trapped in ancient walls show Romans relied on a reactive hot-mix method to making concrete that could now ...
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Scientists Found the Secret to Roman Concrete in a Half-Finished Pompeii Living Room
Concrete was the foundation of the Roman Empire. For centuries, researchers have tried to uncover the secret behind the ...
Concrete was the foundation of the ancient Roman empire. It enabled Rome's storied architectural revolution as well as the ...
Tim Newcomb is a journalist based in the Pacific Northwest. He covers stadiums, sneakers, gear, infrastructure, and more for ...
A discovery in Sardinia reveals up to 50,000 intact Roman coins, prompting research into trade, shipwrecks, and Mediterranean routes.
While excavating at the ancient fort of La Loma in the northern Iberian Peninsula, archaeologists found the shattered ...
Though rare, female gladiators did appear in the Roman arena, challenging ancient Rome’s expectations and revealing how ...
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In a Remote Egyptian Port, Roman Officers May Have Proven Their Status by Owning Exotic Monkeys From India
Berenike was an isolated, windswept outpost. It linked the Roman Empire to the trade routes of India, Arabia, and East Africa ...
Pope Francis recalled how the city of Rome 'since its birth some 2,800 years ago has had a clear and continuing vocation of universality.' Pope Francis gazes over the ancient ruins of the Roman Forum ...
New DNA analysis reveals how the rise and fall of the Roman Empire ultimately shifted the population in the Balkans.
There were many ways in which the elites of ancient Roman society flaunted their wealth. They built vast villas, sponsored ...
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