This ritual was so entrenched in daily life that, to many citizens, it was nothing less than a symbol of Rome itself. To Romans, the baths proved that they were cleaner – and therefore better ...

The city of Rome was ringed by burial sites ... First of all, you got symbols like the anchor or the dove; that would be sort of the simplest one. Then you could get scenes like, say, the ...

Ancient masters of engineering, aqueduct builders created a vast network of pipes, channels, and bridges to bring water to Rome, creating in the process an enduring symbol of Roman civilization ...