Construction of the bridge across the Strait of Messina will start this year, assures the Italian government. This mammoth ...

The Byzantine Empire is not always recognised as the crucial link that connected the classical world with modern Europe.

The Fabricius Bridge was built in 62 BC by Lucius Fabricius, a curator of Roman roads. It links the left bank of the Tiber to Tiberina Island, a small river island located in the heart of Rome .

What would Rome and the Roman Empire have been like without their aqueducts? What did these water bridges mean to their civilization? AICHER: The Romans could not have built cities as big as they ...

Roman piping systems carried water from sources to the city for dozens of miles. The route had to gently slope to allow gravity to carry the water to its destination. Engineers followed the land ...