XXII: How To Build An Aqueduct In Your Backyard

Aqueduct In Your Backyard

Here’s  a challenge for all the Roman Empire fans.  - Build a working aqueduct to span a 2m gap and test the result.

 In Today’s Legion Journal

• Build An Aqueduct In Your Backyard

• All Roads Lead To Rome - 20 Best Movies Set In Ancient Rome Ranked, What Was it Like to Be a Roman Emperor? and more…

• Building Rome A Day At A Time - How They Built The Eternal Roads In The Roman Empire

• Roman Word Of The Day - emperium

• Gusto! - Could you make a Hamburger in Ancient Rome?

• Legacies of the Legions - The Gladiator’s Dolabra

• Caesarean Psychology

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Build An Aqueduct In Your Backyard

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All Roads Lead To Rome

Metal detectorists find ancient Roman rings in Wales: photos

Metal detectorists found two silver rings, ancient Roman treasures, while searching land in Powys and the Vale of Glamorgan, archaeologists said.

20 Best Movies Set In Ancient Rome Ranked

20 Best Movies Set In Ancient Rome Ranked · 1 Ben-Hur (1959) · 2 Gladiator (2000) · 3 Spartacus (1960) · 4 Cleopatra (1963) · 5 Julius Caesar (1953)

What Was it Like to Be a Roman Emperor?

Roman emperors have long provided a template for autocrats and a warning for politicians, according to acclaimed historian Mary Beard.

A Second Coming of Age: Ritual Shaving as a Roman Rite ...

This paper examines a previously overlooked coming-of-age ceremony for Roman males – the first shaving of the beard, or barbatoria.

A Second Coming of Age: Ritual Shaving as a Roman Rite ...

Cult temples and sacrificial pit unearthed at ancient Roman camp in Germany

Archaeologists in Germany have unearthed the foundations of two temples and a shallow circular ditch at a former Roman camp.

Incredibly preserved piece of Ancient Roman life found in UK town

A slice of life in Roman Britain has been found underneath a new housing development in Newark.

Interest in ancient Roman treasure found in Powys field

A Roman finger-ring fragment found by Richard Murton in a field under pasture in Llanfechain has been declared treasure.

The Roman Empire: How big was it really?

In terms of geographical extent, the Roman Empire was one of the largest in history, covering an estimated 5 million square kilometers at its height

5 famous Roman cities

Empire des Monnaies

Oct 7, 2020 — 5 famous Roman cities · First Roman city : Rome · Second Roman city : Nimes · Third Roman city : London · Fourth Roman city : Pompei · Fifth ...

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Building Rome A Day At A Time

How They Built The Eternal Roads In The Roman Empire

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Roman Word Of The Day

imperium

Etymology. From Latin imperium, inperium (“command, control, dominion, sovereignty, a dominion, empire”), from imperare, inperare (“to command, order”), from in (“in, on”) + parare (“to make ready, order”).

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Could you make a Hamburger in Ancient Rome?

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Legacies of the Legion

The Gladiator’s Dolabra

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Caesarean Psychology

Everyone wants to lead an extraordinary life.

Augustus

Who else do you know that should be thinking more about the Roman Empire?

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