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Britain after Rome, how a Roman province fragmented into warlord kingdoms and the world that birthed the Arthur legends

When Roman authority faded, Britain did not fall silent. This documentary traces how forts, cities, and military elites adapted after Rome’s collapse, revealing a fractured world of warlords, ...
La Brújula Verde

Latin pots and Greek casseroles: ceramics reveal the coexistence of Roman and Greek cooking in an Italian colony

In 328 BC, Rome founded the colony of Fregellae in southern Latium (Italy), at a strategic crossroads of roads and rivers.

Before Spending Billions On Rail, Italy Mapped Everything Around It

Italy is modernizing its rail transportation infrastructure. Key in this strategy is a transformation of station mapping with ...
La Brújula Verde

Rome Did Not Expand with Legions Alone: The Secret Weapon Was Rumors and Misinformation

An academic article published in 2025 in the prestigious journal Dialogues d’Histoire Ancienne by researcher Jorge Barbero Barroso, from the Autonomous University of Madrid, sheds a fascinating and ...
Greek Reporter

What Was Ancient Egypt Like Under Roman Rule?

What was Roman Egypt like? In what ways did it differ from when the Greeks had ruled it during the Ptolemaic period?

Rocket or arugula? How a salad vegetable mapped the Italian diaspora

The words used to describe this peppery green are a linguistic fossil record revealing the history of Italian migration.
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What ancient Rome looked like at its peak

By 320 A.D., Rome had 1 million people, 46,000 apartment buildings, massive baths, and a skyline of temples — all before its dramatic fall just decades later.