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Archaeologists Found an Ancient Roman Camp Outside the Empire’s Known Limits

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A Roman army camp discovered in the Netherlands expands the knowledge of how far north the empire’s boundary extended. Located north of the Rhine ...

Ancient Roman Gravestone Found in New Orleans Backyard Touches Off a Mystery

Daniella Santoro and her husband, Aaron Lorenz, were busy “de-junglefying” the backyard of their New Orleans home in March ...
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The Pros of Roman Empire becoming Christianized

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Smithsonian Magazine

Archaeologists Keep Finding Massive Shoes at an Ancient Roman Fort—and They Have No Idea Why They’re So Big

Roughly a quarter of all the shoes found at Magna are longer than 11.8 inches. The Vindolanda Trust When archaeologists unearth ancient shoes, the artifacts are usually about the same size as the ...
Miami Herald

Students locate ancient Roman army camp beyond empire’s northern border. See it

University students and archaeologists located an ancient Roman military camp beyond the empire’s northern frontier in the Netherlands. Photo from Constructing the Limes A team of university students ...
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A Newly Discovered Tomb Inscription Rewrites What We Know About the Roman Military

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A funerary stele discovered in Spain shows Roman auxiliary cavalry unit movements from the first century C.E. Tied to the Julio-Claudian period, the ...