More than 5,000 Roman finds in Aylsham, England were discovered during one week of excavations in 2016.

Ostia Antica was a port of Rome that derived its name from the word os, meaning “mouth”. We can admire this great port in all its glory thanks to computer reconstruction.

Recent studies of ancient sediments from around Rome confirm that the inhabitants of the Eternal City drank lead-poisoned water. Thirty years ago, the Nigerian geochemist Jerome Nriagu published an article in the New England Journal of Medicine in which he stated that the massive lead poisoning of the inhabitants of the Eternal City had a huge impact on the fall of Rome.

Ancient Romans used lead pipes to store fresh food. We now know that this is just one of many examples of Roman engineering genius. More specifically, it’s a fish tank.

Excavations from the Roman forum show that the city can date back to 900 BCE. Scientists using the latest technologies in 2015 discovered walls made of some kind of calcium. Fragments of pottery and grains were also found.

According to a 2015 study, the skulls and remains of bodies found in central London may have belonged to Roman gladiators, prisoners of war, and criminals. The remnants belonged to about 40 men, mostly aged 25-35, who died between 120-160 CE.

In 2015, archaeologists discovered an ancient gladiator school near the former Carnutum (present-day Vienna, Austria). The place is full of stones, with visible remnants of the training arena and thermal baths.

In 2014, archaeologists from Czersk, Legions and Otwock discovered hairpins, arrowheads and swords from Roman times.

In 2016, a team of archaeologists discovered the remains of a structure in France that they believed could have served as a local tavern in Roman times around 2,100 years ago.

Members of the “Altair4 Multimedia” team digitally recreate the look of Ara Pacis – the “Altar of Peace” commissioned by the Senate on the occasion of its return Octavian Augustus to Rome, in the year 13 BCE.