On that cold, quiet morning of May 29, 1453, the jewel of the Eastern Roman Empire, girded by titanic Theodosian walls and the Bosphorus Strait, a bastion of Christianity in the East for more than a t ...

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Thanks to modern-day literature and films—and the fact that ancient amphitheaters remain standing throughout the former Roman Empire, notably the Colosseum in Rome—warring gladiators are one ...

Chestnut Grove in Ticino, Switzerland. Credit: Oliylkaeng / CC BY-SA 4.0 Deep in the forests of southern Switzerland, sweet chestnut trees stand as living evidence of the Roman Empire’s long-reaching ...

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But as the Roman Empire expanded, the presence of sweet chestnut pollen grew. Specifically, the percentage of sweet chestnut pollen relative to other pollen across Europe "shows a pattern of a ...

But as the Roman Empire expanded, the presence of sweet chestnut ... Researchers in Australia put cameras on sea lions' backs to help them map the elusive ocean floor. Scientists are preparing ...

The story of Usnavi, a bodega owner whose place is the beating heart in his corner of New York's Washington Heights neighborhood, is colorful and captivating. Australian duo Empire of the Sun has ...

When thinking of the Roman Empire, one typically imagines marble, brick, and concrete—the materials which have allowed so many of its monuments to survive until our day. The pipe is just another ...

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but it was prized for its picturesque setting symmetrically planted between two hills along the ancient wall built by Emperor Hadrian in A.D. 122 to protect the northwest frontier of the Roman ...