Who knew that plumbing could be so fascinating? Cashing in on all that gluttonous promotion for HBO’s “Rome,” the History Channel examines the empire through the spectacular inventions that brought ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the saying went, all roads once led to Rome — and those roads stretched 50% longer than previously known, according to a new digital atlas published Thursday. The last major atlas ...

Archaeologists have long treated Rome’s roads as a marvel of ancient engineering, but new digital mapping shows the network was far more extensive than standard textbooks suggest. A high resolution ...

MIT scientists examined concrete samples from the archaeological site of Privernum, Italy (left) and mapped out the ingredients within (right). The red section is a calcium-rich lime clast. Courtesy ...

The Romans were master builders. Many of their works, from the Pantheon (pictured above) and the Colosseum in Rome itself, to the Pont du Gard in southern Gaul and the equally impressive aqueduct of ...

Episode that explains how Rome served as a model for the rest of the cities of the Empire and how a city was founded: the decision of its location, the rituals, the marking of its perimeter, the ...

Most of this would be based on experience in the field, passed on from master to apprentice. Rome technical know-how can be inferred, both from this and from the writings that have survived. For ...

Rome: Engineering an Empire Who knew that plumbing could be so fascinating? Cashing in on all that gluttonous promotion for HBO's "Rome," the History Channel examines the empire through the ...

The Colosseum’s arches, the Pantheon’s dome, the Barbegal watermill’s… elbow flumes? Roman architecture is known for elegance and ingenuity. A curious relic, pieced together in a museum basement, ...