Public ceremonies, lavish processions, and temporary wooden arches were commonplace after victory in Ancient Rome. But during the height of its power, the emperor decided to change that and leave a ...

During a storm on September 3, lightning struck Rome’s Arch of Constantine, chipping the structure’s marble surface. The 1,700-year-old arch and its neighbor, the Colosseum, were two of ...

who directs Yeshiva University’s Center for Israel Studies and is the scholar behind the university’s exhibition The Arch of Titus — from Jerusalem to Rome, and Back. The prevalence of the ...

The best way to do this is to distribute the weight evenly, and directly to the ground. The trough of the aquaduct could rest on the center and top of the arch, the keystone (red in the models). From ...

Lightning has struck Rome's Constantine Arch near the Colosseum during a violent thunderstorm, loosening fragments from the ancient structure. The fragments from Tuesday's lightning strike were ...

One of the first aqueducts in Rome was built entirely underground for security reasons. Underground, it wasn't vulnerable to enemies. When you build arches, it's like advertising to the enemy ...

Rome and Ostia to this day are dotted with remnants of ancient Jewish history: a menorah on the bas-relief of the first-century Arch of Titus, commemorating the emperor’s sacking of Jerusalem ...

In Rome, STUDIOTAMAT wove history with the contemporary in its recent residential project, House on Track, located on the second floor of a 19th-century building.

Roman concrete benefitted from the addition of seawater and their structures often included arches, a form of support ... from Augustus (Caesar). Ancient Rome has also influenced the legal system ...