Ancient Rome definitely provided the environment for the spreading and adoption of great ideas. Understanding why some great inventions never made it big in ancient Rome helps us understand what is needed to successfully “innovate” today.A long list of Roman inventions is provided below. Many ...
If you're looking for housing in ancient Rome, you've got a few options. The insula is a Roman apartment building. Most Romans live in this kind of home. They have running water and plumbing, but those in the cheaper top floors have several flights of stairs to climb. Many tenants pay...
388 – 400AD Romans begin to leave Britain The Roman Empire was being attacked by many different barbarian tribes and soldiers stationed in Britain were recalled to Rome. 410 Last Romans leave Britain All Romans had been recalled to Rome and the Emperor Honorious told the people of Britain tha...
Simon Ellis' ambitious new book, based on over twenty years of research, is an attempt to fill in these gaps; indeed, the work claims to be "the first empire-wide, overall introduction to Roman housing, covering all provinces and social classes, from the origins of Rome to the sixth ...
Professor of Ancient Rome Lauren D. Ginsberg answers the internet's burning questions about the Roman Empire. What did Romans snack on in the Colosseum? Why does Ancient Roman concrete differ from modern forms of concrete? Did gladiators really fight lio
Insula, (Latin: “island”), in architecture, block of grouped but separate buildings or a single structure in ancient Rome and Ostia. The insulae were largely tenements providing economically practical housing where land values were high and population
In ancient Roman cities like Pompeii and Ostia, various types of housing could be found, including apartment buildings and individual homes. Roman residential housing often featured central courtyards (atria) surrounded by rooms. The Romans also used their opus caementicium concrete to create multi-...
It closed in 1973 and was demolished in 1990. A small housing estate was built on the site and named Sarmatian Fold in honour of the Roman horsemen stationed here so long ago. Bee Mill, named after Beatrice Openshaw who performed an opening ceremony by smashing a bottle of champagne over ...
Slaves constituted both a significant initial investment and a regular expend iture in food, clothes and housing. Hired labour, on the other hand, produced a cost only for the duration of the particular work at hand. The strict implementation of this logic would sugge st that slaves were ...
Roman entertainment could be found in coliseums, which still inspire modern-day sporting arenas, and the amphitheater, the hippodrome or the theatre.