Tag: roman empire

August 30, 2025 at 9:55 am

New Archeological Find Shows That One Ancient Soldier Had Feet So Big He Might Have A Hard Time Finding Shoes Even Today

New Archeological Find Shows That One Ancient Soldier Had Feet So Big He Might Have A Hard Time Finding Shoes Even Today

Finding ancient artifacts is always a big deal for researchers, but some things are more important than others, and occasionally, something is found that also catches the eye of regular people. That is what happened at a dig site known as Magna. Lots of things were found at this location, which was where an ancient…

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June 13, 2025 at 3:48 pm

Think Leap Years Are Confusing? The “Year Of Confusion” Added In An Extra 80 Days To The Year, Making It The Longest Year On Record.

Statue of Julius Caesar

An appropriate name for a truly crazy year.

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January 27, 2023 at 4:38 pm

People With Anton Syndrome Are Blind but Don’t Know It

People With Anton Syndrome Are Blind but Don’t Know It

“There are only 28 cases in recorded human history”

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August 11, 2020 at 9:55 am

The Footprint of a Roman Toddler Has Been Preserved on this Tile for 2000 Years

The Footprint of a Roman Toddler Has Been Preserved on this Tile for 2000 Years

It’s small things like this that humanize the past and remind us that we are all connected

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June 14, 2017 at 10:01 am

A Roman Empire Subway Map of their 250,000 Mile Road Network

A Roman Empire Subway Map of their 250,000 Mile Road Network

Geography and data nerd Sasha Trubetskoy created a subway map of the major Roman roads, based on the Empire of ca 125 AD

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March 7, 2016 at 5:13 pm

Picture of the Day: An 1,800 Year Old Roman Road in Africa

Picture of the Day: An 1,800 Year Old Roman Road in Africa

A remarkably well-preserved 1800-year-old Roman road in Timgad, which was a Roman colonial town in the Aurès Mountains of modern-day Algeria

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