The hidden meaning behind Rome's famous arch monuments. Public ceremonies, lavish processions, and temporary wooden arches were commonplace after victory in Ancient Rome.

The roar of the arena crowd, the bustle of the Roman forum, the grand temples, the Roman army in red with glistening shields ...

Ancient Roman home — and luxurious decorations ... • 4mo. In the northern French city of Reims, the construction of a new house has brought an ancient home ... Pompeii and Rome ...

Hundreds of remnants of ancient Roman life — including colored dice, rain gutter decorations depicting mythological figures, and burial offerings 3,000 years old — have long been hidden from ...

The Augustan mausoleum, for example, lost its shining marble and elaborate decoration in the 1160s; ... Ancient Rome in Fifty Monuments, Thames & Hudson, 256pp, 185 colour illustrations, £30 ...

The winery was found in excavated ruins at the vast Villa of the Quintilii, south of Rome and next to the ancient Appian Way road. It is only the second known example in the Greco-Roman world of a ...

The ancient Roman empire was known for its sumptuous bath houses replete with elaborate decor, and the residents of Halaesa Arconidea (located on the north coast of Sicily) evidently had one worth ...