To Romans, the baths proved that they were cleaner – and therefore better – than inhabitants of other countries. As the Roman Empire spread across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East ...

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Aicher and Roman bath scholar Garrett Fagan explore aqueduct ... The security of Rome and the building of a stable empire allowed the stupendous archways, these arcades, to be safely built.

The discovery changes the whole timeline of the collapse. A 13-year archeological excavation has shown that what was once believed a backwater town for the Roman Empire lasted far longer than ...

but public baths like this were a popular part of everyday life right across the Roman Empire. Although in some ways these places were a bit like a modern-day gymnasium or a leisure centre ...

VIENNA -- As construction crews churned up dirt to renovate a Vienna soccer field last October, they happened upon an ...

The discovery of what could be the oldest mikveh, or Jewish ritual bath, ever found outside the ... of Rome — could shed fresh light on the Roman Empire’s vibrant Jewish life, a few hundred ...

There is architectural evidence of the importance to both the Egyptians and the Greeks of baths and bathing, but they had an especially high profile in Roman society. Wherever the empire spread ...

Colourfully painted, it would have been full of meaning to pilgrims from around the Empire. It consists of ... Pump Room and can be seen in the Roman Baths Museum.