Engineers are looking to Ancient Roman architecture like the Colosseum and the Pantheon when it comes to future “recipes” of ...

If the Romans had a motorway, the M25 would have been it. The 'Great Road' in Essex is believed to be one of the earliest ...

A 2,000-year-old Roman road was discovered in London during excavations of Old Kent Road. The area was being excavated in an effort to expand low carbon heating to thousands of homes in the area.

While digging under Old Kent Road, workers uncovered a “well-preserved” chunk of Roman Watling Street, officials said. Photos show the “amazing” 2,000-year-old road.

1933: Thieves Lane to Roman Road When Thomas Telford built what would become the A5 in the early 1800s, it was so central that he demolished part of Shrewsbury Abbey on his way through the town.

Beneath it is the original cobbled road, which may have been built when the Romans first invaded, as Capel-Davies tells BBC News. The Roman emperor Claudius launched the invasion of Britain in 43 C.E.

Archaeology & History A 2,000-Year-Old Roman Road, Trod by Emperors, Is Found Beneath London “Watling Street” once ran from Dover in the East of the country through London to the West Midlands.

Ruts and signs of replaced stones were found in the road, which measures about 50 feet wide. The pavement is thought to have been a crossroad of the Via Domitia, the main Roman access route to the ...