Every year, millions of travelers are drawn to remarkable constructions of stone, sand, and time. From the pyramids of Egypt ...
First transmitted in 1960, Sir Mortimer Wheeler surveys some of the Roman Empire’s most impressive architectural feats and the artworks that characterised the period. Show more First transmitted ...
Researchers said this Eastern Roman Empire architecture represents a Roman reconquest of Northern Italy under the emperor. The Basilica of Aquileia is believed to be adapted from other churches in ...
Despite Rome’s glorious architecture, only the richest citizens ... same rituals at dinner time – the rituals that made them Roman. The ancient Rome that remains today is one of fabulous ...
Traditionally, Roman society was extremely rigid. By the first century, however, the need for capable men to run Rome’s vast empire was slowly eroding the old social barriers. The social ...
miles beyond the ancient frontiers of the Roman Empire. The discovery was made by Stefan Klein, who immediately reported his findings to government archaeologists in Koblenz. A subsequent ...