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Almost 700 years of continuous Roman occupation have left impressive traces in the Spanish landscape. Spain was then known as 'Hispania' and is now a fascinating location for the archaeological traveller. The...

Caesarea Maritima was located on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Built from the ground up in 22-10 BCE by Rome's client king, Herod the Great (r. 37-4 BCE), its location in relation to ship...

Roman Bulgaria occupied an important position in the heart of the Balkans, between the Black Sea, the Aegean, and Asia Minor. In the north, the Danube River formed a heavily defended military frontier, lined with auxiliary...

This head, found in 1907 CE, formed part of a large life-size bronze statue of an emperor, probably Claudius (reigned 41-54 CE), who led the invasion of Britain in 43 CE, or Nero (reigned 54-68 CE). Such portraits were...

Marble head of Germanicus, found in 1844 in the heart of the city of Beziers (France) where the ancient Forum of Colonia Julia Baeterrae Septimanorum stood. Ca. 14-23 CE. Now in Musée Saint-Raymond, Toulouse.

The Arch of Augustus in Fano (Italy) is a city gate in the form of a triumphal arch with three vaults that served as the entrance to the city of Colonia Julia Fanestris by the via Flaminia (modern-day Fano). The monument...

Ruins of Ammaedara, photograph by Carole Raddato, Haïdra, Tunisia, 05 October, 2024. Ammaedara, located in Haïdra in modern-day Tunisia, is an important Roman settlement and one of the oldest Roman cities in Africa. It served...

The partially reconstructed Roman temple in the Spanish city of Córdoba (Roman Colonia Patricia Corduba).

Remains of the Roman Capitolium (temple dedicated to Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva) built on a massive podium in 166 CE in Colonia Julia Aurelia Commoda. (Thuburbo Majus, Tunisia)

The Weiden burial chamber, Colonia Agrippina, (Cologne, Germany), dated to the 2nd-4th century CE.