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Roman architecture continued the legacy left by Greek architects and the established architectural orders, especially the Corinthian. The Romans were also innovators and they combined new construction techniques and materials...

The Western Roman Empire is the modern-day term for the western half of the Roman Empire after it was divided in two by the emperor Diocletian (r. 284-305 CE) in c. 285/286 CE. The Romans themselves did not use this term...

Set on the North African coast, Tunisia is home to some of the finest Roman ruins in the Mediterranean. After the fall of Carthage, Rome transformed the region into the prosperous province of Africa...

In many societies, ancient and modern, religion has performed a major role in their development, and the Roman Empire was no different. From the beginning Roman religion was polytheistic. From an initial array of gods and spirits...

The Roman Empire, at its height (c. 117), was the most extensive political and social structure in western civilization. Building upon the foundation laid by the Roman Republic, the empire became the largest and most powerful political...

Time has seen the rise and fall of a number of great empires - the Babylonian, the Assyrian, the Egyptian, and lastly, the Persian. Regardless of the size or skill of their army or the capabilities of their leaders...

Khaybar Oasis Fortifications, photograph by Royal Commission of AlUla, Saudi Arabia. Ancient fortifications on top of a basalt hill in the Khaybar Oasis. Evidence of Bronze Age settlements can be found in the ruins...

Fortifications of Kumamoto Castle, photograph by Jan van der Crabben, Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, September 2025. First established in 1467 by Ideta Hidenobu, the castle and its fortifications were expanded...

A 1786 map showing the defences and fortifications prior to the Siege of Charleston, South Carolina (29 March to 12 May 1780) during the American Revolutionary War. (From David Ramsey's "The History of the Revolution...

An artist's impression of how the fortifications of a Hellenistic period city such as Syracuse may have looked like.