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The Fourth Crusade left three terrible legacies: a deepening religious split between the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic ...

Tunisia is home to some of the most significant Roman and Punic ruins in North Africa: Dougga is considered the best-preserved Roman small town in North Africa. It features a mix of Punic, Numidian, ...

When the emperor Hadrian visited the province of Britannia in A.D. 122, he was in full command of the entire Roman Empire, which stretched some 2,500 miles east from northern Great Britain to ...

In the summer of 2020, during Britain’s COVID lockdown, Jim Irvine noticed unfamiliar pottery scattered across his family’s ...

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Christianity spread across the Roman Empire through persecution, cultural adaptation, and the transformation of pagan beliefs ...

Sediments from a Roman latrine at Vindolanda show soldiers were infected with multiple intestinal parasites, including ...

The ruins of Augusta Raurica near Basel, Switzerland are home to the best-preserved Roman theater north of the Alps.

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