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A 2017 compilation gathers translated graffiti scrawled on walls in Pompeii and Herculaneum, including inscriptions from taverns, brothels and gladiator barracks. The texts range from sexual boasts and insults to greetings between lovers and friends, plus warnings against public defecation.
Excavations at a site tied to ancient Lutetia, the settlement that preceded Paris, have uncovered a layer of scorched material that researchers say may correspond to the city's burning during resistance to Julius Caesar's forces. Roman accounts describe the Gallic tribe Parisii razing their own settlement rather than surrendering it intact. The find adds physical evidence to a location long debated by historians and archaeologists.
Archaeologists have compiled the largest-ever digital map of the Roman road network, spanning nearly 186,000 miles across the empire. The comprehensive survey reveals that longstanding assumptions about the extent and layout of these roads were incomplete, with researchers noting the mapped network likely represents just a fraction of what actually existed.