Vindolanda may not be a name you’re familiar with, but you’ll probably have heard of the place it's found: it’s a fort on ...

By comparing multiple overlapping DNA sequences and matching them to a full fish genome, they were able to genetically identify the species from samples that traditional visual identification methods ...

Broughton's main scholarly work was his massive, three-volume Magistrates of the Roman Republic (commonly abbreviated MRR)... requiring more than 30 years to complete. The project provides an ...

DNA from a Roman salting site in Spain reveals sardines were the key fish used in garum, the famous sauce rooted in Greek and ...

Eight XXL leather shoes have been recovered from Magna, a Roman-era fort along Hadrian's Wall. Archaeologists excavating a ...

Bones found at the site of an ancient fish-processing plant were used to genetically identify the species that went into a ...

Sarah Bond is a professor of classics at the University of Iowa and the author of Strike: Labor, Unions, and Resistance in ...

Mangled bones found at a one-time manufacturing facility pinpoint species used to make a quintessential condiment.

Roman salting plants processed fish so thoroughly that researchers struggle to identify the species once used in ancient ...

A multidisciplinary team of researchers, including archaeologists, have analyzed the DNA of fish remains from Roman fish ...

We can probably safely assume Rome, in many areas, was likely pretty dirty and rank-smelling. That said, there’s evidence of ...