For centuries throughout the height of the Roman era, aristocrats and other wealthy elites built opulent beachside villas up ...

What are a pool, a veranda, a porch, and an underground corridor leading to a living room carved from an ancient Roman cistern doing in a villa on the Appian Way? One might spontaneously answer: ...

Built in the 6th Century for the eastern Roman Empire from older building fragments, The Basilica Cistern used to be a place that stored a huge amount of water. Now it is open to the public to ...