There is no polity more storied in the west than the Roman Empire, but could its fall have really been caused by its choice of plumbing material?

Before the Roman Empire began building massive structures, a vast stone water basin was built in nearby city of Gabii ...

The expansion of one of the Mediterranean’s strongest powers wasn’t only driven by conquest, but also infrastructure. By ...

The tablets were thrown in a well to obscure what was written on them, but scholars painstakingly deciphered ancient ...

Before the Punic Wars, as Rome and Carthage edged towards conflict in the third century BC, the balance of power in the ...

A supposed "backwater" of the Roman Empire is challenging traditional assumptions about the ancient civilization's decline, according to a research project that has lasted more than a decade. For 13 ...

Archaeologists think the newly discovered artifacts remained at the production site because they were deemed unusable. Large ...

The ruins at Narbonne stand on the spot where Rome first planted its architectural and cultural flag beyond the Italian Alps.

The mansion's foundations and floors are likely well-preserved, according to geophysical surveys. The discovery provides new ...

The transformation of the Roman Empire into what modern historians call Byzantium was not a single event but a gradual ...

Recent emphasis on climate science has impacted how we think about ancient civilizations. Long-held theories about the collapse of ancient civilizations are starting to change. Climate change wasn't ...

Concrete is an incredibly useful and versatile building material on which not only today’s societies, but also the ancient Roman Empire was built. To this day Roman concrete structures can be found in ...