A coin issued by Gaius Caesar - also known as Caligula - decorated with a portrait of the Empress Agrippina and dated to A.D.

Enigmatic Norchia is an archaeological site nestled within Italy's leafy landscapes near Vetralla, in Lazio. This historical ...

Portugal is a country full of history and culture, reflected in its monuments that attract millions of visitors every year.

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Along the Moselle, close to the Luxembourg border, lies a German city with particularly well-preserved Roman remains. So it's ...

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Likely originating out of Crete, the Philistines later took control of the shoreline of today’s southern Israel and the Gaza Strip beginning in the 12th century BC. A cemetery gives clues to ...

“Why that insignificant city?” Rome was a relatively small and localized power. By the mid-4th century BC, Rome was still in the early stages of its expansion, focused primarily on consolidating ...

The triumphal arch was built in the 4th century AD to celebrate the victory of Constantine - the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity - over his rival, Maxentius. It is about 25 metres ...

which is one of the largest such sites in the Mediterranean and includes the remains of an ancient Greek colony founded in the 7th century BC. The discovery was on the same site where 107 Roman ...