Public ceremonies, lavish processions, and temporary wooden arches were commonplace after victory in Ancient Rome. But during the height of its power, the emperor decided to change that and leave ...

Finished in 315 C.E., the Arch of Constantine is one of Rome’s three surviving ancient triumphal arches, each erected to honor a person or event. This arch commemorates Constantine I’s 312 ...

Centro Storico's dark history and haunting legends take center stage during thrilling nighttime ghost tours. These tours ...

Rome, for example, was supplied by aqueducts ... When it was removed, the slotted stones could support their own weight. 4. Arches: Bridges could have two or—less commonly—as many as three ...

Roughly four of every five miles of Rome's aqueducts run underground ... easy to build for they require neither the construction of arches nor the burrowing of tunnels. We Romans built underground ...

It's hard to be sure when (or why) the first arch was built. We do know that the Romans of the last few centuries BCE were building "triumphal" arches to welcome their military heroes home from war.

One of the first aqueducts in Rome was built entirely underground for security reasons. Underground, it wasn't vulnerable to enemies. When you build arches, it's like advertising to the enemy ...

At what once was the heart of the Roman Empire sits an American conquest: Italy’s first-ever McDonald’s. However, the Rome ...

Life is bigger than doughnuts and golden arches. Jennifer Sharpe is the director of communications at Oklahoma City Community ...