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Sarah Bond is a professor of classics at the University of Iowa and the author of Strike: Labor, Unions, and Resistance in ...
Antioch was once one of the greatest cities of the Roman Empire, known for its wealth, culture, and strategic importance.
A gruesome but fascinating discovery in an ancient cemetery near York has brought fresh light to the brutal world of Roman ...
A new analysis of the bones in the eatery’s garbage pit challenges the elite status of thrush in the Roman diet ...
Excavations of the northern defensive ditches of Magna Fort have revealed 32 shoes buried in the “semi-anaerobic low oxygen deposits,” according to a July 2 news release from the Vindolanda Charitable ...
A study of animal remains from an ancient trash pit in Mallorca suggests thrushes were once a staple of Roman street food culture.
Thousands of newly discovered fragments, which once adorned a high-status Roman building, offer an unprecedented glimpse into ...
Archeological excavations of Pompeii continue to shed light on the daily lives of ancient Romans.
A loaf of bread, divided into eight slices, lies preserved in Pompeii, where it was found inside an earthen oven. Wheat bread ...
By Peter Edwell for The ConversationStanding in the vast ruins of the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, hundreds of gulls circle above. Their haunting cries echo voices from 1,800 years ago.
The latest version of the Roman Empire dawned at Fenway Park in Boston on Monday. Roman Anthony — son of Anthony Anthony and brother of Anthony Anthony Jr. — botched his Red Sox debut by whiffing on a ...
A remarkable archaeological find in the heart of London has revealed one of the most extensive collections of Roman frescoes ever found in the city.