An earthquake in Sisak, Croatia, forced renovations to the local city hall, and revealed a Roman-era theater in the basement ...

The wall originally included four city gates, with an additional entrance at the Roman army's fortress at Cripplegate. There were also small square towers at various intervals along the wall.

This peculiar arrangement is called “City Wall at Vine Street ... standing beside the old Cripplegate — the main entrance into the Roman fort. Nothing to see here, mind.

Most Roman amphitheaters were built outside the city walls, whereas this one was built ... The floor plan of the 23-foot-wide entrance passage, through which wild beasts, gladiators, and criminals ...

Today, Pompeii is best known for the devastating 79 C.E. eruption of Mount Vesuvius that buried the city under layers of ... have revealed key facts about Roman social and religious life, creating ...

has highlighted significant advances in the understanding of the Roman phase of this historical site. From the construction of the Republican wall by the army to the decline of the city in the ...

A gate along the Vatican's walls has been opened, providing a new entrance to the Via Triumphalis Necropolis, an ancient Roman “city for the dead”. Hidden in the depths of Vatican City lies an ...

“Even in a really dense city like London, built up over 2,000 years, there are still mysteries to be revealed right beneath our feet. "The riverside wall remains an intriguing element of Roman ...