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“Trump said that the United States and Italy have been allies since the time of Ancient Rome,” reads the text on the image. “The translator’s reaction is priceless.” Trump said the ...

We’ve waited years for Simon Hall’s ambitious, official Rome Total War board game - and it fully lives up to Creative Assembly’s PC classic.

Lead pollution might sound like a modern problem, but people were subjected to significant levels during antiquity, too.

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The mass production of silver coins in the Roman Empire had an unintended effect: spewing so much lead into the atmosphere that it may have lowered citizens’ IQs. The Roman Empire was more lead ...

ROME (AP) — Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by ash and lava in 70 AD, has unearthed a new treasure -- a private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago, decorated with sumptuous mosaics and ...

The Roman Empire had many slaves, as well as citizens who were free men and women ... The Tarpeian Rock was a steep cliff in ancient Rome. It was commonly used during the Roman Republic as ...

Lead exposure is responsible for a range of human health impacts, with even relatively low levels impacting the cognitive ...

Lead pollution in ancient Rome likely dropped the average IQ, a study found. The research is based on an analysis of ice ...