Tag: Roman empire
Researchers from University of Spain’s Cordoba reveal what Roman Empire smelled like
RESEARCHERS at the University of Cordoba have managed to analyse, for the first time, a 2,000 years old Roman perfume and determine its fragrance...
New exhibition tells the lives of Roman gladiators, with help from their tombstones
SLAVES, prisoners of war, condemned criminals or even free men who voluntarily chose the job… There was no one route to becoming a gladiator...
Badger unearths ‘exceptional’ Roman treasure trove in cave in northern Spain
AN exceptional treasure trove of Roman coins buried for centuries in a cave in northern Spain has been unearthed thanks to a hungry badger.
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Dig for Roman Empire ‘nerve-centre’ begins in Spain
Archaeologists have begun digging in Jimena de la Frontera where they think a Roman ‘nerve-centre’ could be waiting to be discovered