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Hadrian's Wall: The defensive Roman wall that protected the frontier in Britain for 300 yearsThe wall is the largest Roman archaeological feature in Britain and was built to defend the northernmost limit of the Roman Empire.
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Archaeologists discover 1,800-year-old Roman watchtower built to protect the empire during Marcus Aurelius' reignArchaeologists are excavating a Roman-era watchtower in Croatia that was "built in a strategic location" on the banks of the Danube River.
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What happened to Rome after the empire fell?Rome continued on after the Western Roman Empire fell but faced war and a population crash.
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Romans loved to wear socks and sandals — could that be the reason for the massive shoes found at Magna fort?Archaeologists aren't "baffled" by giant shoes but see them as a way to test different theories about how Roman soldiers coped with new environments along Hadrian's Wall.
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Roman dodecahedron: A mysterious 12-sided object that has baffled archaeologists for centuriesThere are more than 50 theories for the function of this 12-sided, pentagonal-faced bronze object — but archaeologists have never quite figured it out.
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What did ancient Rome smell like? BO, rotting corpses and raw sewage for starters ...We can probably safely assume Rome, in many areas, was likely pretty dirty and rank-smelling. That said, there's evidence of perfumes, incense and even deodorants.
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8 ancient Roman shoes of 'exceptional size' discovered at Roman fort near Hadrian's WallEight XXL leather shoes have been recovered from Magna, a Roman-era fort along Hadrian's Wall.
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'Puzzling' bronze discs adorned with lion heads discovered in Roman-era graveThe bronze artifacts may have served as coffin handles for a burial in what is now Israel, but the true nature of the find remains unclear.
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Roman army camp found in Netherlands, beyond the empire's frontierArchaeologists and students in the Netherlands have unearthed a 1,800-year-old temporary Roman military fort in the Netherlands.
