The remains of a well, pearls and hairpins are evidence that around 1,900 years ago, local residents founded a settlement on the site of a Roman fort. The site is located in what is now Gernsheim, a German city on the Rhine about 50 km south of Frankfurt.

In 2015, archaeologists discovered an extremely rare, 4th century BCE tomb of a woman that was created in Pompeii, not yet subjugated to the Romans. At that time, the region was under the control of the Samnites and, according to scientists, the Romans, after taking over these lands, respected the heritage of the defeated people. The find proves that the Romans did not destroy the burial site and did not build any new buildings there.

In 2015, militants of the Islamic State blew up an ancient monument in Palmyra in Syria, built almost 2,000 years ago, the temple of Baalshamin, the Phoenician god of storms.

Roman camp at Novae in today’s Bulgaria was inhabited by more legionaries than previously thought. In addition, it also turned out that the place was not abandoned due to the Huns’ invasion in the 5th century. This is evidenced by the rich houses discovered from that period.

An interesting discovery was made in the heart of the Eternal City in 2015. Nearly 2,600 years old, well-preserved ruins of a Roman house have been found on the Quirinale. According to archaeologists, it was about 40 square meters in size and dates back to the rule of the Tarquinius.

In 2105, 2,976 silver Roman coins with images of the emperors and their families were found in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. There used to be a Thracian city at the discovery site – Serdica, renamed by the Romans Ulpia Serdica. The coins were found in an earthen pot with the name of the owner of the treasure – one named Selvius Calistus.

In Spain, in the current centre of Jimena de la Frontera, the remains of a Roman city were discovered in 2016. The existence of the centre was confirmed by the discovered coins.

The Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA) recovered an impressive Roman sarcophagus that workers tried to hide at a construction site after unexpectedly discovering it. As it turned out, the limestone coffin is 1,800 years old and, according to the Israeli authorities, it is the most important and beautiful object of this type found within Israel. The sarcophagus weighs two tons and is 2.5 meters long, and each side is decorated. The lid features a life-size human figure. He has the curly hair of the Romans and wears an embroidered short-sleeved shirt.

Archaeologists, a group of students and volunteers continue their exploratory work in Maryport, UK. The fort and the nearby border settlement have been under constant research since 2011. For over 300 years, this region was an important element of the defensive fortifications of the Roman Empire and co-created the northern border of Rome.

In 2015, Italians resigned from Roman numeration, which is still present on road signs and documents after thousands of years.