The empire's official story, and everything they left out.
Türkiye's culture minister says a wreck off Adrasan has yielded thousands of ceramics, among them 122 forms of tableware tied to Rhosus, a ware Cicero wrote about in 50 BC.
9 Oct 2026Archaeologists digging beside the Vatican found 20 Anglo-Saxon coins. Researchers from Cambridge and the University of the Basque Country say they are the first material evidence of Rome's English quarter, and hint at special treatment for English visitors.
8 Oct 2026Rome's new metro stations opened with a 2nd-century barracks and 28 Republican-era wells in tow. The Colosseo museum is live. The Porta Metronia barracks museum was announced for spring 2026.
5 Oct 2026A previously unknown Roman city with a street grid and 8,000-seat amphitheatre has been identified near Stein, Austria, in a gap between Ptolemy's coordinates and the archaeological record.
28 Sep 2026Euronews says a huge Roman building in Budapest stretches for hundreds of metres, points to the army and is on no map. The excavators say about 70 metres, no military purpose and a map still being drawn. The full file.
20 Sep 2026The Roman Files is open. Rome told its own story for two thousand years. Time to check the paperwork.
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