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This Roman Colony Was Long Thought to Be a Backwater Town. New Findings Are Changing That

Though the colony of Interamna Lirenas in central Italy once served as a key Roman bulwark, its fortunes, according to contemporaneous accounts, declined in the years following the Second Punic War ...
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At France's first Roman colony, excavators uncovered a curtain wall and tower foundations that recast the port city of Narbonne's early urban plan

The ruins at Narbonne stand on the spot where Rome first planted its architectural and cultural flag beyond the Italian Alps. Founded in 118 BC, Colonia Narbo Martius marked the beginning of Roman ...
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Ancient Christian basilica is unearthed in former Roman military colony. Take a look

A view from the area of the recently unearthed basilica to the Cathedral of Aquileia. Photo by the Austrian Academy of Sciences Unbeknownst to a group of researchers digging near a small Italian town, ...
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Ancient warehouse — from first Roman city outside Italy — discovered in France. See it

Overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, a French port city stands on the grounds of Roman history. The site of the first Roman colony outside of Italy, Narbonne holds the secrets to the empire’s past — and ...
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Ancient warehouse — from first Roman city outside Italy — discovered in France. See it

Researchers in a French port city found the remains of an ancient warehouse district used to house goods from the expanding Roman Empire. Flore Giraud INRAP Overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, a French ...