Roman emperors faced a high risk of violent death in their first year of rule, but the risk slowly declined over the next seven years, according to an article published in the open access journal ...

Archaeologists from the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) have excavated the remains of two ancient Roman wells that were first uncovered during road works on the A428 between Bedfordshire and ...

Ancient Roman roads were far more complex than their visible stone surfaces suggest. Engineers meticulously layered materials ...

MIT scientists examined concrete samples from the archaeological site of Privernum, Italy (left) and mapped out the ingredients within (right). The red section is a calcium-rich lime clast. Courtesy ...

The Segovia aqueduct was a statement of intent from Rome to its conquered subjects in Hispania. After two centuries of conflict, Augustus finally succeeded in annexing the Iberian Peninsula to the ...

Wooden remains of two Roman wells - one of which had collapsed before it could even be used - have revealed "a failure of Roman engineering on an industrial scale", an archaeologist said. The finds, ...

Ancient Roman concrete's remarkable durability, long attributed to luck, is now understood as a result of a sophisticated ...

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The Colosseum’s arches, the Pantheon’s dome, the Barbegal watermill’s… elbow flumes? Roman architecture is known for elegance and ingenuity. A curious relic, pieced together in a museum basement, ...

Roman emperors faced a high risk of violent death in their first year of rule, but the risk slowly declined over the next seven years, according to an article published in the open access journal ...