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We can probably safely assume Rome, in many areas, was likely pretty dirty and rank-smelling. That said, there's evidence of ...
Was Caligula misunderstood? New research shows the Roman emperor likely knew more about medicinal plants than historians once believed ...
A common whiff in the Roman city would have come from the animals and the waste they created. Roman bakeries frequently used ...
Turkish underwater archaeologists recently uncovered a 2,000-year-old shipwreck with hundreds of intact plates and bowls. The ...
The Romans didn’t just share roads and baths – they shared toilets too. From stone benches to sponge sticks, their bathroom setup was public and practical.
Archaeologists in Turkey uncovered a set of iron weights shaped like ancient Greek letters, in the ruins of the Greco-Roman ...
A Roman-era bridge was discovered in the ancient city of Elefsina, west of Athens during works for a suburban railway line.
Caligula, the notoriously erratic Roman emperor known for his bloodthirsty cruelty, probably also possessed a nerd's ...
By most historical accounts, the Roman Emperor Caligula was a nightmare–a sadistic, debaucherous, and unstable despot.
This podcast episode explores why language learning feels so hard today — and what the ancient Romans did differently. By comparing modern habits with ancient methods, the discussion highlights how ...