The Romans and Vikings left few genetic traces of their occupations of Britain, research suggests
Regardless of its almost 400-year-long profession of Britain, that included establishing the English city of Bath (imagined here), the Romans left a reasonably little hereditary imprint on the British individuals….
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Romans used human feces as medicine 1,900 years ago — and used thyme to mask the smell
Scientist tested the brownish flakes from inside the Roman glass vial. (Image credit: Cenker Atila ) Dark-brown flakes found inside a 1,900-year-old Roman glass vial are the very first direct…
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How the ancient Romans managed their wealth (it wasn’t just by hiding hoards)
A priestly crown including Helios from the very first century A.D. discovered in what is now Turkey. (Image credit: I, Sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0, by means of Wikimedia Commons) “All…
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Romans regularly soaked in filthy, lead-contaminated bath water, Pompeii study finds
Remains of a swimming pool in the earliest public bath structure in Pompeii. (Image credit: Cees Passchier ) The ancient Romans are popular for their innovative supply of water systems…
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‘They had not been seen ever before’: Romans made liquid gypsum paste and smeared it over the dead before burial, leaving fingerprints behind, new research finds
Scientist discovered finger prints and finger drag marks on plaster in a Roman burial. (Image credit: Seeing the Dead Project/University of York and York Museums Trust) Around 1,800 years earlier…
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Did Romans battle rhinos in the Colosseum? A historian explains the truth behind the fight scenes in Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II.
Paul Mescal as Lucius in Gladiator II (Image credit: BFA/ Aidan Monaghan/ Paramount through Alamy ) In the trailer for Ridley Scott’s fiercely awaited follow up to Gladiator(2000), a brand-new…
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