Ancient Roman architecture has had a lasting impact on towns and cities across the world. From roads and aqueducts to villas, palaces and spas, the Romans were responsible for many aspects of our ...

We have many classical works like Brihat Samhita, Mayamata, Manasara, Samarangana Sutradhara, Viswakarma Prakasha, Manushyalaya Chandrika and others giving us a whole lot of material with respect to ...

Signs of the 400-year Roman occupation of Britain are all around us, if you know where to look. Excavations are always bringing to light new treasures, but in London, many are in plain sight or hidden ...

In the heart of the ancient Roman city of Gabii, located just 11 miles east of Rome, archaeologists discovered the remains of a massive stone-lined basin, partly carved directly into the bedrock.

It's one of the largest surviving examples from the Roman occupation of Britain, and —hiding in plain sight — it is ...

With degrees in Etruscology and Roman architectural history, Diane Favro has traveled to every corner of the Roman Empire, from Algeria to Germany to Lebanon, and written several books on the subject ...

An excavation uncovered a 2,000-year-old sewage system in southwestern Turkey. The Roman-era sewage system, 160 centimeters (5.2 feet) in height and 70 centimeters (2.3 feet) wide, was discovered in ...

At its zenith in the second century AD, the Roman Empire encompassed more than 55 million inhabitants stretching from Britain to Egypt and Syria. While historians have long recognized that an ...