Source: The Archaeology News Network: 2,000-year-old Rome pyramid getting spotlighted
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The app available for windows, iphone and android features 3D reconstructions of the various buildings located at Pompeii to get an idea of how it all looked before the eruption of Vesuvius. The app also features cutaway drawings of houses and public buildings. Continue reading “Pompeii becomes a touch app”
The Battle of Arausio
On 6 October 105 BC the Roman army suffered a massive defeat at the hands of the Cimbri near the town of Arausio and the Rhone. Continue reading “Roman Loss at the battle of Arausio”
The Romans possessed a clear understanding of the most likely breeding grounds for discontent. Continue reading “Minimising Rebellion in the Roman Empire and the banning of a fire brigade in Nicomedia”
28 September – On this day
The battle of Mursa between Constantine II and Magnentius was part of a civil war which took place somewhere in the Drava valley in Illyricum. Continue reading “AD 351 – The Battle of Mursa”
27 September – On this day
Pope Urban VII (4 August 1521 – 27 September 1590), born Giovanni Battista Castagna, was Pope from 15 to 27 September 1590. His twelve-day papacy was the shortest in history. Continue reading “1590 – Pope Urban VII dies making this the shortest papacy in history.”
A team from the University of Central Lancashire have discovered Ribchester Roman Fort was inhabited long after it was thought abandoned. Continue reading “Ribchester Fort revelations”
A fourth century BC tomb has been discovered at Pompeii by French archaeologists. Continue reading “Pompeii – 2,400 year old tomb found”
21 September – On this day
Publius Vergilius Maro, better known as Virgil died in Brundisium harbour Continue reading “19 BC Virgil Dies”
Bulgarian archaeologists excavating the acropolis of Peperikon, Continue reading “Three Roman pagan temples discovered”
15 September – On this day
The emperor Constans II was assassinated while taking a bath. Continue reading “AD 668 – The Eastern Emperor Constans II assassinated”
14 September – On this day
Drusus, the only son of the emperor Tiberius and his first wife Vipsania, dies possibly poisoned by his wife Livilla. Continue reading “AD 23 The Death of Drusus”
Domitian was said to have been desperate for military glory. Continue reading “AD 82/83 Domitian’s War against the Chatti”
This was one of the iconic Roman battles and illustrated the superb generalship of Julius Caesar. Continue reading “September 52 BC – The Battle of Alesia”
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