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 Part of Hadrian’s aqueduct in Athens.

Athens revives ancient Hadrian aqueduct to combat water scarcity

The east-west-oriented Roman road in Sussita, in the Golan Heights.

Preserved Roman road in Golan found to be constructed in the late second century CE

 A Roman chain mail.

What did Roman soldiers do when their chain mail required fixing? Head to a local craftsperson

 Atelier de moulage. Marcus Junius Brutus.

Rare Roman gold coin featuring Marcus Brutus sells for €1.98 million at Geneva auction

 Roman gold coins.

A 5th-century Anglo-Saxon artisan created a fake Roman gold coin with Latin typos

 Snorted stimulants. Barbaric warriors. Illustration.

Barbarian warriors carried miniature spoons to snort stimulants before battles, study suggests

 Prusias ad Hypium.

History comes alive: rare clay Roman theater ticket, goddess figurine found near Black Sea

 Personal cavalry of the emperor commanded by Trajan and conquering barbarians, the frieze of arch of Constantine in Rome.

He was a star commander in the Roman army. 1,600 years later, his stele made it to the black market

Artwork showing gladiators riding on elephants and horses in a a Roman amphitheatre. A print by Professor Wagner.

Anatolia's gladiators: Ancient stelae offer new insights into their complex lives

 "The arch of Septimius Severus, Rome".

After traveling for 60 years, a Roman emperor’s head returns to Turkey

 Stratonikeia Ancient City, known as the "City of Gladiators”.

Roman sewage found in the "City of Gladiators" kept draining water effectively for 2,250 years

 "Perge Fragments of Nymphaeum of Artemis Pergaia in 2012.

1,800 years later, a Hadrian-era fountain in Turkey flows again

 Amasra.

Monumental 2000-year-old Roman stoa unearthed in Amasra, Turkey

 2,000-year-old Roman gladiator-shaped knife handle.

Shaped like a gladiator: Rare 2,000-year-old Roman knife handle discovered in England

 Old Kent Road, London.

2,000-year-old Roman road discovered beneath Old Kent Road in London

 Pompeii by Heleen Kwant is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.

Researchers once thought the victims were bejeweled women, but DNA identified them as men

 Valencia flood.

Ancient Roman dam saves Spanish town from devastating floods

 Ruins from the villages of Ashopton and Derwent in the Upper Derwent Valley in Derbyshire, England. November 6, 2018.

Archaeologists uncover evidence of continuous 6,000-year settlement in England