The Romans were master builders. Many of their works, from the Pantheon (pictured above) and the Colosseum in Rome itself, to the Pont du Gard in southern Gaul and the equally impressive aqueduct of ...

Pliny the Elder, Natural History, trans. H. Rackham, Loeb Classical Library 394 (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1952), 48–49 (33.19.60). 3. Pliny the Elder, Natural History, 48–49 ...

AS BIG as their empire was, the Romans never reached Greenland. Yet that remote island has become the place to go for those interested in ancient economic history. Greenland’s ice sheets preserve ...

The ancient Romans were revered for their architectural prowess, and their aqueducts remain a testament to their engineering acumen. As we face modern-day challenges of water scarcity in ...

Wax tablets were among the oldest writing media, and scientists have recently uncovered the secrets of their technology. In Ancient Rome, if you needed to write a letter, you wouldn't reach for ...

Already honored in 2020 as a teacher of the year for Louisiana, Nathalie Roy is now getting recognition on the world stage. Roy is a Latin teacher at Glasgow Middle who has gained recognition via her ...

What can concrete made during the Roman Empire help modern engineering develop more efficient concrete? This is what a recent study published in iScience hopes to address as an international team of ...