“Roman Architecture: A Visual Guide” is an illustrated introduction to the great buildings and engineering marvels of Rome and its empire. Published as a companion volume to Diana E. E. Kleiner’s ...

The city of Rome is still fed by pipes and aqueducts designed over two thousand years ago. They were built during the Roman Empire to bring water from nearby mountains. Engineers ensured the supply ...

The mayor of Rome, Ignazio Marino, made a splash when he first took office last August: He proposed to tear down the Via dei Fori Imperiale, the four-lane boulevard that cuts right through the heart ...

In the heart of the ancient Roman city of Gabii, located just 11 miles east of Rome, archaeologists discovered the remains of a massive stone-lined basin, partly carved directly into the bedrock.

At Gabii, outside Rome, archaeologists found the earliest evidence of Roman large stone–block construction.(Courtesy Anna Gallone/The Gabii Project) Eleven miles east of Rome, in the ancient city of ...

Driven by an intrigue in the ruination of Roman architecture, Brazilian architect, and photographer Olympio Augusto Ribeiro has undertaken a fascinating comparative analysis of Giovanni Battista ...