As Tacitus put it, London was “not distinguished by the title of colony yet exceedingly famous ... full panoply of Roman civilisation: temples, baths, an amphitheatre and a basilica.

With more than 900    churches, hundreds of palazzos, 10 World Heritage Sites and 280 fountains (the Trevi alone sees some 700,000 euros in coin donations every year), Rome can be an overwhelming city ...

Modeled after Rome's famous St. Peter's Basilica ... the original church burned down in 1889. And like its Roman counterpart, the Basilica of St. Josaphat features a cross-shaped floor plan ...

It was exposed in the church of San Matteo in the famous Roman street of Via Merulana, which connects the basilicas of Saint Mary Major and Saint John Lateran. Crowds flocked to this church ...

St. Eligius was born in Chaptelat, near Limoges, France around 590 A.D. to Roman parents. At a young age, his father recognized that his son had an unusual talent and sent him to the famous ...

Once at the top, visitors will be able to spot some of Rome's most famous buildings ... St Peter’s Basilica Guided Tour (35633 reviews) Colosseum Arena Floor, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill ...

The day itself is associated with Christian martyrs, among the most famous of whom was a third ... Christians who were being persecuted by the Romans, which made him extremely unpopular with ...

Credit: Carole Raddato/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 2.0 The sanctuary continued to operate during the Roman period, and the city of Zeus ... visitors can view the famous, incredibly well-preserved ...

Archaeologists uncovered remarkably well-preserved remains of a massive Roman basilica beneath a modern commercial building ...

An office building from the 1930s in London was about to be demolished — until remnants of the city’s first Roman basilica ...