Public ceremonies, lavish processions, and temporary wooden arches were commonplace after victory in Ancient Rome. But during ...

Flying buttresses act the same way ancient Roman columns did, countering the horizontal force of the arch. They also provide for more ground area underneath: more worshippers could fit into a church ...

Finished in 315 C.E., the Arch of Constantine is one of Rome’s three surviving ancient triumphal arches, each erected to honor a person or event. This arch commemorates Constantine I’s 312 ...

We asked Aicher, author of "Guide to the Aqueducts of Ancient Rome," about the Romans' sophisticated ... When you build arches, it's like advertising to the enemy: Here is our aqueduct.

Discovered on accident in Rimini, Italy, this surgeon’s house and the hooks, scalpels, and mortars inside have expanded what we knew about ancient medicine.

Many of the roads in England follow the route of ancient Romans roads ... structures often included arches, a form of support that is much stronger than flat beams. Roman culture has influenced ...

Situated in the Rhone valley, the ancient theatre of Orange, with its 103-m-long facade, is one of the best preserved of all the great Roman theatres. Built between A.D. 10 and 25, the Roman arch is ...

Rome and Ostia to this day are dotted with remnants of ancient Jewish history: a menorah on the bas-relief of the ...

blink and you’ll miss the entrance to the ancient Roman site, which includes a vast open expanse dotted with walls and arches – once the amphitheatre and its stands – as well as the tunnels ...