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Ancient Roman city builder Citadelum expands with a free campaign set in Gaul
Blending Cities Skylines and Frostpunk, the newest free Citadelum update makes the Ancient Roman city building videogame even better.
All the useful Latin phrases you need to know – including final word to shut down ANY conversation
HABEMUS papam, folks! Yes, in layman’s terms, we have a new pope. And with the pontification of Pope Leo XIV comes the ...
How X-Ray Offered Peek Inside 2,000-Year-Old Herculaneum Scroll
The scroll, found in the ancient Roman town of Herculaneum, contains part of a multi-volume work titled "On Vices" and was ...
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Is it time for ‘Asterix’ to retire the ‘Roman’ salute?
The new "Asterix" show on Netflix revives the comics' use of a "Roman" salute that actually has nothing to do with antiquity.
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Roman history comes to life in music at Tongeren museum
The Gallo-Roman Museum in Tongeren is organising a series of concerts featuring music inspired by events from Roman times. De ...
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AI decodes title and author of charred, still-rolled scroll after nearly 2,000 years
PHerc. 172 is one of hundreds of scrolls found in the ancient Roman town of Herculaneum, buried under volcanic debris of ...
Title and author of burned, still-rolled scroll decoded after nearly 2,000 years
Researchers working to decipher the contents of a burned, still-rolled scroll have uncovered both the author and the title of the text nearly 2,000 years after it was buried in the Mount Vesuvius ...
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AI Reveals Title and Author of Scroll Burned by Vesuvius That No One Could Read for 2,000 Years
To train their model, Roth and Nowak manually annotated thousands of slices of the scroll, labeling each trace of ink or ...
Title of scroll burnt to a crisp by Mt Vesuvius 2,000 years ago finally read by AI – & we even know who wrote them
RESEARCHERS have deciphered the title and author of a charred scroll destroyed by the Mount Vesuvius eruption 2,000 years ago ...
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Lost Work of Greek Philosopher Philodemus Unearthed from Herculaneum Scroll
A charred scroll unearthed at Herculaneum has been revealed to contain a work by the Greek philosopher Philodemus.
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What Did the Romans Think of the Celts?
The term “Celtic” often serves as an umbrella term for the “barbarian” people of Europe living outside the Greco-Roman ...