Tag: roman-empire

  • LITTLE JEWELS – ROMAN LOCRI Locri Epizephyrii

    The Roman Villa of Casignana A lavish mansion by the Ionian sea: overlooking the azure waters of the Costa dei Gelsomini, on the Eastern Coast of Calabria, are the magnificent remains of the Roman Villa of Casignana, one of the most significant Roman archaeological complexes in southern Italy. It is called the ‘Piazza Armerina of…

  • Two hearts, one destiny

    ‘Speaking Stones’ by Carla Vetere The Civic Museum “Guido Sutermeister” in Legnano, in western Lombardy, houses a small treasure from the 1st century AD: a terracotta hollow figurine found during excavations in 2015 in a tomb in Pogliano Milanese. The statuette is approximately 6.5 inches tall, 3 inches long, and 2 inches wide. It is…

  • ROMAN CANNE IN APULIA – Cannae

    The ‘Must see’ – The battlefield It is one of the most famous battles in Ancient history and it is still described in military textbooks: on the 2nd of August of 216 BC, on the plains near the Adriatic coast of Apulia, in southern Italy, Carthaginian commander Hannibal Barca’s outnumbered forces crushed a massive Roman…

  • ROMAN AQUILEIA -Aquileia

    The ‘Must See’ – The MAN, more than a museum Founded in 181 BC for defensive and commercial purposes, Aquileia soon became one of the main Roman ports on the Adriatic Sea, a great cosmopolitan city at a crossroads of religions and cultures. This city in the North-eastern region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia is only 10 km.…

  • UNEXPECTED ROME Tombs of Via Latina

    Romans buried their dead outside city walls. This tradition, inherited from Etruscan and Greeks, was also a practical measure to avoid the spread of disease. Burials were forbidden within the city’s pomerium, a sacred boundary that separated Rome from the rest of Italy. This is why many tombs lined the roads just outside Rome, with all…

  • ROMAN OLBIA Olbia

    The ‘Must see’ – Roman ships in the Archaelogical Museum Military supremacy of the seas was crucial for Ancient Rome: its powerful naval fleet, developed in the Punic wars against the Carthaginians, became a perfect war machine. Propelled by both sail and oars, Roman ships had multiple levels of rowers, from the fast and maneuverable…