Between 449 and 390 BC Rome was especially aggressive. The conquest of the Etruscan city of Veii in 396 by the soldier and politician Marcus Furius Camillus signaled the beginning of the decline of Etruscan civilization. Other Etruscan cities hastened to broker peace and in the middle of the 4...
During Roman rule in the second century AD, Bosra rose to prominence as the regional capital. Alaa Al-Salah, director of the Bosra Archaeological Site, described a meticulously planned city mirroring Rome itself, complete with a grid layout, roads, theaters, a hippodrome, and baths. But Syria...
Its historical significance is reflected in its well-preserved ancient structures, such as the Terracotta Warriors and the City Wall. On a global scale, cities like Rome, Athens, and Cairo also boast impressive histories as ancient capitals. Rome, the eternal city, ...
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Villa Arianna shows a skillfully articulated layout that allowed its residential quarters to take advantage of the site location and enjoy the spectacular Gulf of Naples panorama. Built on a series of terraces over 150 years, the villa had four parts which were closely joined together: theatriuman...
water to supply the city centers. The entire aqueduct network relied on various factors and the use of gravity to maintain a continuous flow, which made the overall engineering concept remarkable for its time. Once the water reached bigger cities like Rome, large reservoirs would then contain it...
That of Neuserre reveals the essential layout: a reception pavilion at the desert edge connected by a covered corridor on a causeway to the open court of the temple high on the desert, within which stood the benben of limestone and a huge alabaster altar. Fine reliefs embellished the covered...
The layout of the hamlet and the objects found there (such as ceramics and tools) support the theory that it was built by a fairly sophisticated civilization. The Yellow River Valley’s Henan province was home to several early villages and agricultural communities. It is often considered the ...
"[It is] useful for the reconstruction of a new urban layout of the Hellenistic and Roman city," Sicilian officials added. Halaesa was part of Magna Graecia, a region of southern Italy that was inhabited by Greeks. The city was one of the first in Sicily to join the Roman Empire amid...
After the fall of Rome, these basilicas were often repurposed for use as Jewish or Christian worship spaces. The basilica was of great importance in Western (Catholic) Christianity as it set the standard layout for cathedrals and large churches. The basic basilica plan is used today in large ...