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Roman Concrete, the Secret Material That Outlasted an Empire
Walk into the Pantheon in Rome and look up. Above you stretches a dome 43 meters wide, still the largest unreinforced concrete…
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The Ides of March, the Assassination That Changed Rome
On the morning of March 15, 44 BC, Julius Caesar was the most powerful man Rome had ever seen. He had conquered…
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Gladiators, the Superstars of the Roman Arena
Few images capture ancient Rome like the gladiator: a lone fighter in the sand, a roaring crowd, an emperor deciding a man’s…
Pompeii, the City Frozen in a Single Afternoon
In the year 79 AD, Pompeii was a lively Roman town of roughly eleven thousand people on the Bay of Naples. Bakers…