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What were the worst jobs for poor Romans in Ancient Rome?
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The Great Illyrian Revolt
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Why was Roman concrete so durable?
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‘Once-in-a-lifetime’ find of 1,300-year-old necklace dazzles historians
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Roman Egypt was a strange province
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Ancient water system uncovered at Roman Stabiae
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Archaeologists rebury ‘first-of-its-kind’ Roman villa
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How the Colosseum was built and why it was an architectural marvel
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The Beautiful Network of Ancient Roman Roads (2015)
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What things cost in Ancient Rome (2007)
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Lavish Roman mosaic is biggest found in London for 50 years
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How much did a tunic cost in the Roman Empire? (2021)
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Metal Detectorist Discovers One of England’s Earliest Gold Coins in a Farm Field
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How the ancient Romans managed their toilets
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An intact slave's room found in Pompeii's ruins
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2,050-year-old Roman tomb offers insights on ancient concrete resilience
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Elite Romans decorated their floors with garbage
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Rome's Colosseum opens its underground for the first time
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ORBIS: The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World
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The Shape of Rome (2013)
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A 'Lamborghini' of Chariots Is Discovered at Pompeii
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Another eleventh-century medieval Chinese coin found in England
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Italy Will Rebuild Colosseum’s Floor
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Subway-style maps of roads of the Roman Empire
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Thrones Wreathed in Shadow: Tacitus and the psychology of authoritarianism
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Archaeologists have mapped a Roman city using ground-penetrating radar
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Roman mosaic floor found under Italian vineyard
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Probable Roman shipwrecks unearthed at a Serbian coal mine
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Orbis: The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World
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Mapping Ancient Rome
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The New Treasures of Pompeii
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Fly over a reconstruction of 4th century Rome [video]
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Rome in Ruins
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A 1,000-year-old road lost to time
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Ancient public library discovered in Germany
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Rome's Subway Expansion Reveals Artifacts From The Ancient Past
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Ancient Rome’s Collapse Is Written into Arctic Ice
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Search for Lost Hammer Led to Largest Cache of Roman Treasure Ever Found in UK
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New Discoveries in Greece Reveal Ancient Roman Engineering
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Unearthed near Hadrian’s Wall: lost secrets of first Roman soldiers
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Body Count of the Roman Empire
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Gold coins found in Netherlands from last days of Roman Empire
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Why is there ancient Greek text on Afghan banknotes?
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Ancient Roman coins found buried under ruins of Japanese castle
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Nero’s Rotating Dining Room [video]
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Royal palace discovered in area believed to be birthplace of King Arthur
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Secret pagan basilica in Rome emerges from the shadows after 2,000 years
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Why ancient Rome matters to the modern world
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Ancient Rome’s Hexagonal Port City
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The Shape of Rome (2013)
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Maps of the Roman Empire
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A Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire
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A Filthy History: When New Yorkers Lived Knee-Deep in Trash
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Roman coins discovered in the waters of Sardinia
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Introduction to Legion: life in the Roman army
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2,300-year-old mosaic made of shells and coral found under Rome
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Ancient Rome's failed building projects
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What was life – and death – like for Roman legionaries?
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New paintings found at Pompeii
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Roman Women and the Oppian Law
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Roman Roads (2017)
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Divers discover Roman mosaic
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