Tassan was showing me a milliaire, or milestone, one of hundreds planted along the highways of Gaul at the time of the Roman ... road network that extended from the Iberian Peninsula to Asia Minor.

The trail’s 215 miles connect ancient road networks with modern ... As at other such colonies throughout Asia Minor and Syria founded to project Roman power, the soldiers received small ...

The spot sits along the old Roman road leading out of York and got its graveyard designation after archaeologists announced the discovery of 82 skeletons of able-bodied young men in a 2010 ...

Perhaps. Perhaps too the Romans had reached an agreement with the tribes south of the Forth-Clyde line, creating a sort of buffer zone. In this book, Montgomery sets out to follow the road built for a ...

It turns out that the city, famous for its massive gothic Minster cathedral, is also home to a gladiator graveyard. An 1800-year-old cemetery lies on the Roman road leading out of York. Excavation ...

George is one of the most popular names in Greece and Saint George is one of the most beloved saints throughout the Christian world.

Nearby lies a remarkable submerged settlement showcasing the remnants of a vast Roman villa from the second century AD ... Dolichiste, an Ancient Greek settlement off the Lycian coast of Asia Minor is ...

along the Roman road leading out of York to Tadcaster. Professor Tim Thompson, from Maynooth University, Ireland, added: "This discovery provides the first direct, physical evidence that such ...