Roman Archive
Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Scientists have identified, for the first time, the composition of a Roman perfume more than 2,000 years old thanks to the discovery of
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Not so long ago, the public was invited to participate in the Carlisle Roman bath excavation. The project, run by Wardell Armstrong, Cumberland
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Ancient History Facts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Pax Romana ("Roman Peace") was a political slogan of great importance. It was introduced after the civil wars but not immediately after
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - An enormous, rare cargo of 1,800-year-old marble artifacts, borne in a merchant ship that was shipwrecked in a storm, was uncovered in the
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An impressive discovery of the 2,000-year-old tomb with human remains that belong to a Roman physician, aged between 50 and 60 years, with
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have discovered the buried remains of a Roman fortlet that once stood next to the Antonine Wall in West Dunbartonshire, the frontier
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Recent excavations at the Villa of the Quintilii uncovered the remains of a unique winery just outside Rome. The mid-third-century CE building located along the Via Appia Antica portrays a
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Ancient Roman coins have previously been discovered on Gotland in Sweden. However, coming across similar ancient items on the deserted island of Gotska
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A metal detector has found an ancient Roman fragment made of silver in Norfolk. The piece was obviously part of something, but what
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Lancaster University staff and student researchers have discovered evidence of a Romano-Celtic temple under public land near Lancaster Castle - only the second
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists at Leicester Cathedral have finished the excavation project and reported discovering an ancient Roman shrine and over 1,100 burials. The archaeological project
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The latest analysis of the ancient Colchester vase offers evidence that gladiator fights took place in Britain in the late second century A.D.
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The great ancient city of Timgad is the largest Roman settlement ever built in North Africa. In AD 100, Emperor Trajan created the
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A unique artifact discovered at the Roman fort of Vindolanda may have been used as a device during sex rather than as a
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have found a Latin papyrus with a detailed paycheck of a Roman legionary soldier, dated to 72 AD– during the Great Revolt
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - An amateur archaeologist in Romania has discovered a unique ancient Roman parade mask. Roman-era iron masks are rare, making this a unique find.
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating on the site of a new town in Devon, UK, have unearthed an ancient road, Bronze Age homes, Roman farmsteads, and
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Scientists in Italy report discovering a giant ancient Roman structure near Naples. There is still little information about the subterranean structure, but according
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Featured Stories
AncientPages.com - As Pompeii’s House of the Vettii finally reopens after a long process of restoration, news outlets appear to be struggling with how to report on the Roman sex
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - When ancient Romans built something, it was meant to last. Countless examples clearly show why historians and archaeologists often refer to ancient Romans
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News
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Researchers have unraveled secrets from ancient Latin texts written on papyrus. This work could tell us a great deal about what Roman society
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A team of archaeologists excavating in the village of Overstone near Northampton, UK, has unearthed an unusual 4,000-year-old stone building. The purpose of
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - One of the mysteries scientists have long tried to solve is why Roman concrete often lasted thousands of years, but ours decays in
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have unearthed an ancient Roman settlement at the site of Wingfield Place development on Freemen’s Way in Deal, UK. Among the ancient
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A 2,000-year-old, large Roman temple has been discovered under and next to the Church of St. Daniel in the village of Danilo near
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists report they have made more amazing finds at the Roman villa site in Rutland, UK. Dating back to the third or fourth
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A new analysis of several Roman coins unearthed in 1713—long thought to be forgeries—suggests that they are authentic, providing evidence that the leader
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The well-preserved remains of an ancient winepress have been found near the Roman fort Apsaros (today's Gonio near Batumi, Georgia). The Polish-Georgian team
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeological excavations in Syria are currently difficult and dangerous, especially in zones occupied by rebels. The recent finding has already been hailed as
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Located between the modern villages of Palatitsia and Vergina, in Northern Greece, the city of Aigai was the ancient first capital of the
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Scientists have investigated the importance of ancient Roman funerary meals focusing on what products were used to prepare the food offerings. "Ancient written
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