Romans Archive
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AncientPages.com - Today the perilous state of the environment is often in the news. Many stories describe how Earth is being damaged by human beings and discuss ways
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The ancient town of Fregellae, situated in the province of Frosinone between Rome and Naples in Italy, was once a significant and thriving
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AncientPages.com - Sometime around 100 AD, the Roman lawyer and aristocrat Pliny sent a letter to his third wife, Calpurnia – who was staying in a different part
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AncientPages.com - Many people today worry about how to find time to keep fit and healthy in the midst of their busy lives. Believe it or not, but
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Scientists have used gold impurities in silver coins and lead pollution in Greenland ice to show that the Romans were early pioneers of
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Underwater archaeologists exploring the waters on the Western coast of Silicy have discovered dozens of ancient artifacts dating back to the Battle of
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Scientists knew it was a race against time, but their struggle to find the ancient structure was not in vain. A long-lost Roman
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Coal miners have discovered remnants of a Roman ship in Serbia. The find occurred when mining works were carried out in the Drmno
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Evidence of the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 AD is currently being exposed in the City of David, Jerusalem Walls National
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating in the small village of Thérouanne, located on the river Lys in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating near Garforth in Leeds, UK, have made a "once-in-a-lifetime" find. Scientists report they have discovered multiple ancient burials. The hidden cemetery
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Why warrior queen Mavia launched a massive revolt against ancient Romans is a question a curious historian can ponder long and hard. But one
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - In Kortessem, Belgium, a metal detectorist has found a fragment of a puzzling Roman artifact. The finder reported his mysterious object to the
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Nestled in the picturesque Northumberland countryside, Vindolanda with its fort and settlement is a treasure trove of everyday life during the Roman occupation
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Hadrian's Wall, also known as Picts' Wall, Vallum Hadriani (in Latin), or simply the Roman Wall, is one of the most impressive Roman
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Ancient History Facts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Hand signs can be an excellent way to express emotions. People have used hand signs to communicate and insult each other for thousands
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Located in Alexandria, Egypt the catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa is one of the Seven Wonders of the Medieval Ages. It’s an archaeological
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating near the city of Capua, Italy have unearthed two ancient tombs. One of the discovered sarcophagi still remains sealed. The find
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - On March 10, 241 B.C. the Carthaginian fleet was totally defeated near the Aegates Islands off western Sicily by the Romans. The event
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Romans were skilled builders, and throughout their vast empire, we find their impressive, massive, and long-lasting structures. A view of Hadrian's Wall
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David Tee - AncientPages.com - When two influential and powerful nations collide, conflict and wars will occur. Carthage had ruled much of the Mediterranean through mercenary armies for
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Civilizations
David Tee - AncientPages.com - There is a difference between the terms Visigoths and Ostrogoths. The former word means western Goths and the latter means eastern Goths, but the
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Civilizations
David Tee - AncientPages.com - The name may bring fear to many, as this ancient society is forever linked with those who cause destruction to property - vandals, and
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Angela Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Gargoyles appeared very early in Gothic architecture, and they were needed to eliminate corrosive rainwater from the foundations of churches. It is believed
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Hadrian Wall lost its importance when Roman Emperor Hadrian's successor, Antonius Pius (138 - 161), launched a successful military campaign in southern Scotland early
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Ancient Symbols
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The red dragon on the national flag of Wales is most often associated with the battle standard of King Arthur and other ancient Celtic
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Researchers, using ground penetrating radar, have now done a complete scan of the ancient town of Carnuntum located east of Vienna, Austria. The research has revealed, without
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - History books say that barbarian tribes of Huns, under their violent and cruel leader Attila, triggered the fall of one of history's greatest empires: Rome. However, a new study conducted
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - During excavations in the ancient city of Munigua in southern Spain, archaeologists have unearthed an immense copper mining operation built on an older older mine and dated
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Ancient Symbols
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Many ancient cultures regarded number 9 (or ‘Nine’) as a symbol of perfection, unity, and freedom. Even in ancient Egypt, it was attached great
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A.Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In 52 BC, a massive Gallic stronghold Gergovia was the scene of battle between several Gallic tribes led by Vercingetorix, one of the best-known and
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Archaeological evidence shows that despite hygienic innovations introduced by the Romans, intestinal parasites such as whipworm, roundworm and Entamoeba histolytica dysentery did not decrease as expected in
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Ancient sunken city of Baiae is located just 30 minutes northwest of Naples, Italy. Baiae was one of the most important cities of
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