Purple clothing, gold trimmings, earrings and two- or four-wheeled carriages. Among the elite, competition for status superiority was just as vital to women as it was to men in Rome around 2000 years ago. This has been demonstrated ...
Archaeology
Sep 13, 2019
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Travelers in Rome have a new way to earn cash towards public transportation tickets: recycling plastic bottles.
Environment
Jul 24, 2019
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Portus Romae was established in the middle of the first century AD and for well over 400 years was Rome's gateway to the Mediterranean. The port played a key role in funnelling imports—e.g. foodstuffs, wild animals, marble ...
Archaeology
Jun 12, 2019
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According to historians, political debates in ancient Rome were conducted with great harshness and personal attacks, which were comparable to examples of hate speech on the internet. "The attacks, also known as invectives, ...
Social Sciences
Aug 27, 2018
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A monkey named Spiderman has died at a New York zoo after an unusually long life.
Plants & Animals
Sep 1, 2017
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Vast underwater Roman ruins have been discovered off northeast Tunisia, apparently confirming a theory that the city of Neapolis was partly submerged by a tsunami in the 4th century AD.
Archaeology
Aug 31, 2017
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A small team of researchers from France and the U.K. has found evidence of lead pipe construction by the early Romans in soil samples taken from harbors near ancient Rome. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National ...
We all know the phrase "all roads lead to Rome". Today, it is used proverbially and has come to mean something like "there is more than one way to reach the same goal". But did all roads ever really lead to the eternal city?
Archaeology
Aug 17, 2017
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Analysis of ancient Roman coins has shown that the defeat of the Carthaginian general Hannibal led to a flood of wealth across the Roman Empire from the silver mines of Spain. This finding, which offers a tangible record ...
Archaeology
Aug 14, 2017
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Rome and its water company are working hard to avoid rationing during a nationwide drought, Italy's environment minister said Thursday.
Environment
Jul 27, 2017
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