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Balkan DNA Study Contradicts Roman Empire’s Genetic Impact

New DNA analysis reveals how the rise and fall of the Roman Empire ultimately shifted the population in the Balkans.
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New discoveries at Hadrian's Wall are changing the picture of what life was like on the border of the Roman Empire

Two millennia ago, the Roman Empire reached the limits of its power in Britain. The island marked the northernmost border of the Roman Empire and the point at which the ancient superpower's ...

All 187,460 Miles of Road That Led to Rome, Mapped

A digital atlas of ancient Rome’s highways and byways reveals a road network that was more extensive than thought.
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Archaeologists discover ancient Roman olive oil production facilities in North Africa

Ancient Romans were big fans of olive oil, consuming an average of five gallons per person per year by one estimate. Beyond ...

The Roman emperor who died from eating too much cheese

Other Roman emperors met far more bloody ends than the cheese-loving Antoninus. Nero committed suicide; Galba was murdered by his bodyguards, the praetorians; and Geta was murdered by his brother ...

Archaeologists Uncovered a Haunting Warning from the Roman Empire

While excavating at the ancient fort of La Loma in the northern Iberian Peninsula, archaeologists found the shattered ...
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Ancient Roman culture would be baffling to modern eyes – and their toilet habits prove it

Ancient Roman ideas of privacy differed radically from our own, and their communal toilets reveal a mindset almost impossible ...