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This magnificent centrepiece of the Roman Baths is a pool, lined with 45 sheets of lead, and filled with hot spa water. It once stood in an enormous barrel-vaulted hall that rose to a height of 40 ...

An integral part of daily life in ancient Rome, the baths gave citizens of all classes the chance to mingle, gossip and relax. They were viewed as fundamental to Roman civilization and an obvious ...

Roman Baths in Bath is one of over 200 attractions around the UK that Blue Peter badge holders can get into for free. To gain free entry, each child must have a Blue Peter badge, a valid Blue ...

Some 1,700 years on, the Emperor Diocletian would still recognise his ... You can walk from the Roman palace to Bačvice in 15 minutes. On the western side the palace, the busy fish market is ...

Roman baths were much more than public places to bathe. They also were social centers where friends, families, and business colleagues came to meet—and to eat. Snack food and drink were an ...

In the fourth century AD, when the Roman emperor Diocletian retired, he built a vast residence for his golden years here in his native Dalmatia. When Rome fell, the palace was abandoned.

This inscription not only mentions two previously undocumented village names, Tirathas and Golgol, but also introduces an imperial tax official named Basiliakos. Aerial view of Abel Bet Maacah ...