Trajan builds the Aqua Traiana, which brings water from near Lake Bracciano ... symbol of Roman innovation and power. From planning to completion, building an aqueduct was an extremely costly ...

During a recent excavation on the grounds of a mansion in Slovakia, researchers discovered something remarkable: a Roman ...

An inscription on a brick links the aqueduct's construction to Gaius Valerius Constans, a second-century brickmaker from ...

Aqueducts are one of the wonders of the Roman Empire. These graceful structures are not only majestic, but are engineering marvels that survive to this day. In "Construct an Aqueduct," you are ...

When the aqueduct must flow higher than about five feet, Roman engineers should use an arcade rather than a wall. The arched arcades require less material than walls and don't interfere with the ...

Digging into the lawn of a historic mansion in the capital city of Slovakia, archaeologists and their team of university ...

Restoration work on the Rusovce Mansion in the capital of Slovakia has unearthed remnants of the first known Roman aqueduct ...

The restoration work on Rusovce Castle, a neo-Gothic gem located in a district of Bratislava, Slovakia, has led to the ...

Roman towns were laid out in a grid-like pattern with straight, paved streets. At the centre of the town was an open market place, or forum, where people met to buy and sell goods, relax ...

The ancient Roman aqueduct is visible and looks like a drinking straw-shaped line near the upper edge of the excavation area. Photo from the University of Trnava Based on the manufacturing stamps ...