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‘Romans viewed it as a divine sign’: Ancient Romans recorded metallic objects moving through the sky. Could they have been UFOs?

Shortly after the Second Punic War broke out in 218 B.C.E., Roman soldiers reported seeing "round shields" and "a spectacle ...
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Roman Forum explained - The thousand-year heart of ancient Rome

The Roman Forum was the political, religious, and ceremonial center of Rome for more than a thousand years. Its surviving ...
Forbes

Fly Over Ancient Rome With This Dramatic New 3D Reconstruction

A new interactive 3D reconstruction of ancient Rome has been launched allowing viewers the opportunity to virtually transport themselves back in time and explore the capital of the Roman Empire as it ...
CNN

‘A miracle and a warning’: Ancient tower collapse reveals a crisis facing modern Rome

In video footage, it almost looks like an earthquake. The ancient Torre dei Conti, which has occupied a street corner of central Rome since medieval times, is suddenly enveloped in billowing clouds as ...
The New York Times

At Rome’s New Stations, Peruse Ancient Relics While Catching a Train

Part station, part museum, two new subway stops in Rome offer riders the chance to see ancient artifacts unearthed in digging for the stations. By Elisabetta Povoledo Elisabetta Povoledo, who has ...
The Conversation

In Ancient Rome, the Vestal Virgins achieved power most women were denied – but at great cost

You might have heard of a group of women in Ancient Rome known as the “Vestal Virgins”. These female virginal guardians of the sacred flame of Rome could be buried alive for breaking their vows of ...
National Geographic news

8 things people get wrong about ancient Rome

From gladiators to vomitoriums, delve into Rome’s most persistent myths and find out what really happened. A conservationist restores a Roman bust. Many Roman statues appear starkly white today. Yet ...