Collected from Roman and Byzantine sites in Tunisia, the exceptionally well preserved mosaics occupy more than ... Tunisia were responsible for much of empire’s grain production, and the region ...

A huge Roman mosaic that was uncovered in southern Turkey by archaeologists from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. The ...

Traditionally, Roman society was extremely rigid. By the first century, however, the need for capable men to run Rome’s vast empire was slowly eroding the old social barriers. The social ...

“Ravenna attracted the best artists and architects from around the empire,” noted Claudia Frassineti ... many of its majestic Roman-era structures have simply vanished and been replaced ...

Traveling the world Over the next 30 years, Paul traveled some 10,000 miles across the Roman Empire, preaching in cities that were brimming with the poorest people, desperate to hear a message of ...

In our mosaic, they lie like a halo behind ... this proclamation Britain had of course ceased to be a part of the Roman Empire. The villa at Hinton St Mary had probably long been abandoned ...

But what exactly was the Roman Empire? The Romans actually started ... you would have had one of these beautiful things called a mosaic on your floor. Now, mosaics are made up of lots of tiny ...