The Arch of Constantine was built in the 4th century AD to celebrate the victory of Constantine - the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity - over his rival Maxentius. It is about 82 feet (25 ...

Fragments of Constantine's Arch lie on the ground after lightning struck it during a storm in Rome ROME (Reuters) -The Arch of Constantine, a giant ancient Roman arch next to the Colosseum, was ...

I continue my Great Structures Week with focus on structural engineering innovations from ancient Rome. I am drawing these posts from The Teaching Company course, “Understanding the World’s Greatest ...

KOSTOLAC, Serbia, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Braving bitter cold and wind, archaeologists in Serbia surveyed the site of an ancient Roman triumphal arch, one of only a handful in the Balkans, that dates back ...

Public ceremonies, lavish processions, and temporary wooden arches were commonplace after victory in Ancient Rome. But during the height of its power, the emperor decided to change that and leave a ...

Although dedicating much of the treatise to construction and materials, book VIII is about water: how to capture and store water and the architectural constructions that serve this purpose. Water was ...

ROME (Reuters) -The Arch of Constantine, a giant ancient Roman arch next to the Colosseum, was damaged after a violent storm hit Rome, conservation authorities said on Tuesday. In a statement to ...

ROME — The Arch of Constantine, a giant ancient Roman arch next to the Colosseum, was damaged when a violent storm hit Rome, a Reuters reporter saw on Tuesday. The triumphal arch was built in the 4th ...