The ancient Appian Way, Rome’s Queen of Highways south of the ... lures everyone from bank clerks to truck drivers to its school for gladiators on the Appian Way. Even visiting the school ...

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A manuscript discovered in the Judean desert contains trial notes on an intricate tax-evasion scheme that involved forgery, ...

When you’re the emperor Augustus, they let you do it.

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Although the team obviously can’t tie zircon minerals to the Roman Empire’s collapse, their lengthy migration inside frozen ...

The unexpected discovery of Greenland rocks in Iceland hints that a centuries-long cold snap may have helped finish off the ...

The trail’s 215 miles connect ancient road networks with modern hiking paths, tracing rivers, twisting up gorges and traversing the ruins of Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine cities. Map ...

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Based on their finds, archaeologists identified Gradishte as a forgotten city established by ancient Macedonians before the rise of the Roman Empire. An ancient theater ticket found at the ...