Archaeology
The Romans were renowned for their buildings and feats of engineering. We
still wonder at their determination to build, e.g., the Circus Maximus, a race
track 650 yards long for chariots which could hold 350,000 spectators.
"All the quarters of the capital, and all the provinces of the empire,
were embellished by the same liberal spirit of public munificence, and were
filled with amphitheatres, theatres, temples, porticos, triumphal arches,
baths, and aqueducts, all variously conducive to the health, the devotion, and
the pleasures of the meanest citizen." (Edward Gibbon, The Decline and
Fall of the
Lepcis Magna: The Roman Empire in
Africa.
Explore this well preserved
A guide to the archaeology
of
In the course of the sixteenth century, Roman archaeologists shed new light on
the Egyptian and early Christian worlds as well as on
The Roman
Forum
A clickable reconstruction of the forum in the first century, both BCE and CE,
where you can visit the most important buildings in the most important city in
the ancient world.
The Christian Catacombs
of
This site has been online since 1997 and it shows for us the historical
evidence of the martyrs of the and of the early Christian church.
Photograph of Arch of Constantine
Used with permission.
Copyright © 1997 Leo C. Curran
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information, or if you have a question or comment, contact
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