The ancient city of Rome became the heart of a sprawling empire that lasted for hundreds of years, and we're still unearthing ship-loads of Roman artifacts, mystifying treasures and even forts around 2,000 years later.
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Did 'all roads lead to Rome'? New study finds other cities in the empire were better connected.Rome was the Roman Empire's capital, but other cities in the empire were better connected by road.
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Stunning Roman-era mosaic discovered in Turkey features 'Emerald' the cat and 'Ocean' the dogA cat named Emerald and a dog named Ocean were memorialized in a Roman mosaic over 1,800 years ago.
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How did the Romans build their towering aqueducts?Life's Little Mysteries The ancient Romans are well known for their aqueducts. But how did they build these impressive structures?
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Lavish private bath used by Roman emperor and 'high-status residents' discovered at imperial palace in SerbiaThe ancient bath complex was tucked in a tower in the corner of the royal palace and reveals unique architecture.
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1,600-year-old skeleton found in a giant jar in Bulgaria may belong to Roman who hid there to escape enemy attackHuman remains found in a giant Roman jar in Bulgaria may belong to a young Roman who armed himself with two knives during an enemy attack.
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Cave sanctuary in Spain has highest number of Latin inscriptions anywhere in the Roman Empire — and many of them mention mysterious 'Lady'Researchers found 120 ancient inscriptions referring to a mysterious goddess known as "the Lady" in a cave in Valencia, Spain.
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'The lance head was still inside the pelvis': Mass grave found in Austria may hold casualties of unknown ancient Roman battleA new analysis of skeletons recovered from an ancient mass burial has revealed a surprising number of groin injuries.
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'They basically used these dried-up wells just to throw people in': 43 skeletons found in Roman-era well may be evidence of deadly plagueArchaeologists have analyzed dozens of skeletons from a mass burial in a well. The lack of injuries suggests the people may have died from a plague rather than a battle.
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Ancient bullets reveal where a Roman camp hid in the Pyrenees of Spain before being ambushedResearchers found the remains of a Roman camp from 39 B.C. that was ambushed by locals in what's now Catalonia, Spain.
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