Ancient Roman Architecture

The Arch is obvious, but what other public buildings made the cut?

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In Mussolini's Rome, the built environment struck a balance between the romance of the ancient past and the rationalism of avant-garde modernism.

Archaeologists find evidence of Roman worship as early as 1,800 years ago.

It has to do with the dome's mysteriously self-healing material.

Louis Vuitton's creative director has created a Mediterranean holiday home that takes her (way) back to her roots

Under fluttering strings of Greek and Byzantine flags, three men raised a party tent on the terrace of the 5th century Osios David church one recent Saturday...

Laker Girls. The Forum Club. Celebrities sitting courtside. The beating heart of Showtime-era Los Angeles was the "Fabulous Forum."

Ascoli Piceno, in the Marche region of Italy, is made entirely of travertine. It's the only city in the world built completely from the precious rock.

Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a Roman military structure in Turkey dating to the fourth century, when Emperor Constantius II ruled.

Scientists are trying to understand how some ancient buildings have lasted for centuries in hopes of making modern buildings more durable

Country music star Garth Brooks promises no two shows of his new Las Vegas residency opening Thursday night will be the same

The cement used to construct the ancient Roman amphitheater is more durable than the type used today because of a special ingredient

The dome seems to have a mysteriously self-healing material.

New research suggests that an ancient manufacturing technique can create self-healing concrete that naturally fills in cracks.

The architect, who died this week at the age of 91, had to contend with a wildly complicated site — and L.A.'s bare-knuckle patronage.

Building on Adversity: The Pantheon and Problems with Its Construction - The Pantheon: From Antiquity to the Present - by Tod A. Marder

Archaeologists have documented a religious space from the Late Roman period associated with a falcon cult at the ancient Hellenistic-Roman port of Berenike.

(By Silvia Lambertucci). The shell almost unscathed, the head intact like the tail and one of the feet. A small land tortoise, incredibly preserved with its never-laid egg, is the latest surprise from Pompeii that ANSA can describe in a sneak preview. © ANSA