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Rome’s Pantheon Reveals Its Design from Above
Aerial footage puts the Pantheon’s dome and oculus in view, revealing the geometry behind one of Rome’s best-preserved ancient buildings.
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Google Earth Clues Led to a Roman Villa’s Heated Baths in Kent
A community excavation at Trosley exposed painted rooms and a surviving hypocaust. Records from 2022, 2023 and 2026 trace the villa’s investigation.
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DNA Shows Roman Spain's Genetic Pool Endured After the Empire Fell
A study of 243 ancient individuals finds that Mediterranean ancestry formed under Roman rule persisted through later migrations, with family ties traced across Hispania.
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Roman Cave in Spain Holds at Least 120 Latin Inscriptions
A sanctuary at Cova Dones may hold the Roman Empire’s largest known collection of Latin cave inscriptions, with women’s names and vows to a goddess.
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Roman Emperor’s Torso Attracts Young Buyers, Fetches $34.3 Million
A fourteen-minute bidding contest set a Roman antiquity record. Younger participants joined the wider sale, while the torso’s imperial identity remains debated.
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No, Rome Did Not Fall Because Women Chose Careers Over Children
A Fox News claim blames Rome’s fall on women choosing careers over babies. Roman demographic research and evidence of working mothers tell a different story.
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New Reconstruction Reveals the Face of a Man from Roman Scotland
An international team has reconstructed an Inveresk resident’s face, while his bones and teeth document a journey north and a life shaped by injury.
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Conclave's Robert Harris Sees in Rome’s Republic, a Warning for Modern Democracy
A new interview about Agrippa brings Rome’s passage to one-man rule into the present, as the Conclave novelist warns about broken political rules.
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Gold Earrings Found in a Roman Child’s Grave in Bulgaria
Rescue excavations outside Augusta Traiana’s walls uncovered a child buried with gold jewellery and a coin of Aurelian among 135 graves.
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Roman Coin-Cleaning Session Brings Ancient History to Students in Michigan
Students at Michigan State’s Classical Society worked on late Roman bronze coins, revealing the portraits and inscriptions that make ancient currency a historical source.
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Roman Camp in Spain Reveals their Efforts to Erase Local Identity
A newly identified camp near La Peña del Castro links Roman troops with a burned Iron Age hillfort, where researchers are examining whether conquest included deliberate attacks on local identity.
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Archaeologists Discover Palace in Burgundy Kept Roman Comforts in Early Medieval Times
At a hilltop settlement in Burgundy, a possible palatial complex combines a large church, Roman-style heating and fine glass across the transition into the Middle Ages.
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Watch: Roman-Era Shipwreck off Turkey Yields Thousands of Luxury Dishes
A cargo of plates, bowls and trays off Adrasan preserves evidence of ancient packing methods and a ceramic trade associated with a name in Cicero’s letters.
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More Than 1,000 Roman Dice Found at Grand, Raise a Ritual Mystery
Excavations in France have produced an exceptional concentration of bone dice. A possible basin, altar fragments and Fortuna coins offer clues to their use.
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Roman Toilet Remains Confirm Parasites Persisted, Despite Public Sanitation
Microscopic traces in Roman toilet deposits show infections persisted despite public sanitation. A 2026 chamber-pot study adds evidence from the Danube frontier.
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10 Best Roman Movies to Watch, Ranked
From arena spectacles to political intrigue, satire and scientific inquiry, ten Roman films earn their places in our countdown for different reasons.