The colorful material weighed over 5 pounds and was likely made to decorate an emperor’s palace, Italian officials said.
According to legend, long before the Romans founded Rome, there was a Greek city called Pallantium in the same area.
Archaeologists excavated the ruins of an ancient Roman dignitary’s house and found ... trio of stone containers used for collecting taxes near the home’s entrance, the university said.
Archaeologists excavating near the Colosseum found ... Across the street from the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, archaeologists excavated the remnants of a Roman emperor’s palace.