One of the ancient submerged cities in the Mediterranean is found in Greece. Stories of submerged cities are as fascinating ...

At its height, the Roman Empire ruled all the countries around the Mediterranean Sea and most of Western Europe for hundreds of years. It had a profound cultural impact on the development of the ...

The Roman Empire existed for approximately 500 years, from approximately 27 BC to approximately 476 AD, and included most of the territory surrounding the Mediterranean Sea, other parts of Europe ...

The ruggedness of the Mediterranean region ... and hardships of a life at sea became distinctly less attractive. The political and economic unity of the Roman Empire also encouraged greater ...

GOETHE, like others before him and others since, was moved to poetry by the sights of the blue Mediterranean ... sea: the days when it was Rome’s mare nostrum, then Islam’s crescent empire ...

A sprawling, centuries-old mosaic was recently unearthed in Syria, shedding light onto life under Roman rule. The ancient ...