Their influence was strongest in central Europe, where the Romans had had the least impact; less marked in the northern and eastern parts, where Romano-British and Gallo-Roman cultures were established; and weakest in the highly Romanized southern regions.
The Chamber Music Society's concert at Alice Tully Hall on Tuesday evening was a real ear-opener in terms of repertory, and it included some beautiful performances, not least of Hanns Eisler's highly obscure "Roman Cantata".
Some remnants of stone walls and many entrance arches to the enclosed city are still there, proofs of the highly skilled Roman architects.
Glowing food was, after all, highly fashionable in Roman times and perhaps, given the dramatic progress that is now being made in the exploitation of bioluminescence, it will be once again.
Masada's unequaled defensive site baffled even the Romans' highly developed siegecraft for a time.
Another flight of steps down, and there is a dimly‐lit but incredibly well‐preserved shrine of Mitras, an eastern divinity highly popular with the Roman legions.
In a highly unusual move, a Roman Catholic diocese in New Jersey has added a member of a victims' advocacy group to a board that reviews sexual abuse allegations against its priests.
Although the original trading routes were established more than 2,000 years ago, the Silk Road's name — derived from the delicate fabric highly prized by the Roman elite — was coined only in the 19th century by a German geographer.
