Begins by using a map to show the first Roman road to be built in Britain: Watling Street, which ran between Richborough and Chester. It then shows Ermine Street, which ran from London to York ...

The Cadastre of Orange is an ancient plan that shows the Roman centuriations (land distributions) that extended across the ...

The men then walk past the ruins of the Roman city of Rochester, looking at the forum and bath house. They then discuss the importance of its position close to Wales. Students could list the ...

For a more unusual and slightly eerie experience, visit the Catacombs of Rome, a series of underground burial sites used by ...

Erected by Caesar, the point was said to be at the center from which all distances in the Roman Empire ... map – as well as those made by the team to depict other European and American cities ...

Italy is a beautiful country with spectacular scenery, cities full of art and culture, and a cornucopia of excellent food and ...

This article is about the history of Roman civilisation in antiquity. For the history of the city of Rome, see History of Rome. For other uses, see Ancient Rome (disambiguation).

In Roman cities, people were feeling the stress of the declining economy. In the seat of the empire, things were worse. The famous infrastructure of Rome was collapsing because there were no funds for ...

Ancient Roman concrete, first used in 3rd century BCE harbors for its water resistance, was vital to the Colosseum's ...

In his 2007 book Traffic and Congestion in the Roman Empire ... Map of traffic patterns in Pompeii by Kaiser, published in "Space, movement and the economy in Roman ... [+] Cities in Italy ...

Last year, a social-media trend featured women asking men how often they thought about the Roman Empire. The answer ... a “common peace” among Greek city-states after the Peloponnesian ...