The ancient Roman architect Vitruvius defined the principles of strength, utility, and beauty with his monumental work, 'De ...

Apollodorus of Damascus, the Greek architectural genius who built Emperor Trajan’s Rome, from his Column to the longest ...

Concealed for decades, a huge network of chambers beneath Rome’s Capitoline Hill is to be opened up to the public, revealing ...

The rise and fall of Rome through its architecture and art (statues, mosaics, frescoes). The Romans gave Europe its first taste of a common culture, and awe-inspiring art. From its groundbreaking ...

A STUNNING piece of Rome’s past has been uncovered after being sealed off more than a century ago. This network of dimly lit ...

Like many ancient Roman structures, parts of it were constructed using a specific type of concrete. Scientists and engineers have long suspected a key to these buildings' durability is their use ...