Nearly two millennia ago, someone got really upset after a shopping spree through the markets of the ancient city of Antioch. That person was so upset that he or she took the trouble to inscribe a curse on a thin lead tablet, and then drop it in a wishing well in the center of the town. This is the first time that ... |
22 December 2011
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Investigators with the Portus collaboration announce the discovery of a large shipyard close to the international airport currently serving the Italian capital, Rome. The long-lost structure is remarkable in its magnitude, and hints at Roman ship-building activities centered around the ancient city.
The Portus Pro... |
22 September 2011
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While archaeologists have unearthed a large number of artifacts pertaining to the ancient Roman Empire, and have inferred many aspects about the official history of its leaders, very little is known at this point about some basic facts, such as the size of the population living in the city of Rome, the capital of the... |
6 October 2009
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In the first century AD, the Roman empire was led by Emperor Nero, also known as Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (15 December 37 – 9 June 68). He was the fifth and last Roman emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, and also one of the most brutal and extravagant rulers the empire ever had. He committed ... |
3 October 2009
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At an ancient port site, located just outside of the Italian capital city of Rome, archaeologists from the United Kingdom have discovered a new amphitheater, which they argue could have served ceremonial purposes. Roman emperors may have used the structure as a welcoming site, for foreign dignitaries traveling to the... |
1 October 2009
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Although this is not the first time when an ancient burial ground is found near Rome, the one recently discovered is amongst the few belonging to people of a lower social class. It is located near the main airport of today's Rome and was dated to the 1st, possibly the 2nd century. The remaining skeletons indicat... |
10 June 2008
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Kalypso Media Group and Paradox Scandinavian Distribution have each issued reports, revealing that the latter has agreed to distribute the historical strategy game Imperium Romanum in the Nordic countries, in cooperation with Kalypso and Haemimont Games, also rolling out six new battle screenshots in the process.Whil... |
15 January 2008
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