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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Mini ice age was final death blow to Roman Empire, unusual rocks in Iceland suggest
Rocks from Greenland found on Iceland's west coast could link the late Roman Empire's fall to a spell of sudden climate change. But historians say that the real story is likely much more complicated.
Severe drought helped bring about 'barbarian' invasion of Roman Britain, study finds
A drought helped bring about an invasion of Roman Britain in A.D. 367, researchers wrote in a new paper.
Lion mauled gladiator to death 1,800 years ago in Roman Britain, controversial study suggests
A skeleton in England may have belonged to a gladiator who died fighting a large cat, possibly a lion, a new study finds.
Mass grave of Roman-era soldiers discovered beneath soccer field in Vienna
Roman dead were often cremated, so the ancient mass grave in Vienna is a rare find.
Archaeologists may have finally discovered famous 'lost' canal built by Julius Caesar's uncle
Scientists may have just found a canal the Romans built 2,100 years ago while battling the Celts.
Jewish ritual bath discovered near Rome is the 'oldest discovery of its kind in the world'
A Jewish ritual bath known as a mikvah discovered in Ostia Antica is more than 1,500 years old.
Hoard of silver Roman coins found in UK — and some date to reign of Marcus Aurelius
The silver coins were minted over a period of more than 200 years, suggesting that Roman currency at this time was relatively stable.
Mystery of how man's brain turned to glass after Vesuvius eruption possibly solved
The new study on the "glass brain" from Herculaneum is the latest episode in a long-running academic dispute.
