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The Temple of Hecate in the Sanctuary of Hecate at Lagina in Caria (modern-day Turkey is dated to the last quarter of the 2nd century CE. It measured 21m x 28m and was built in the Corinthian order with 8 columns on its shorter sides and...

The latrine along Frontinus Street (colonnaded street) at Hierapolis in Phrygia (modern-day Turkey), built in the end of the 1st century CE. The room is divided longitudinally by a row of columns that supported a roof composed of travertine...

The Frontinus Gate was the monumental entrance to the Roman city of Hierapolis (western Turkey). It is flanked by two round towers and dates to 84 or 86 CE on the basis of a dedication to Domitian on the gate's façade.

The Temple of Athena at Poseidonia/Paestum (Italy). The temple dates to the late 6th century BCE and consists of an external colonnade of 6 x 13 columns. It has elements of both Ionic and Doric architecture. The columns of the exterior colonnade...

The Roman Theatre of Verulamium (modern-day St Albans in Great Britain), built in about 140 CE, is unique. Although several towns in Britain are known to have had theatres, this is the only one visible today. It was discovered in 1869, the...

Ponte da Vila Formosa in Portugal, a 116 meter long Roman bridge spanning over the river Seda. This bridge, dating to the late 1st century / early 2nd century CE, is one of the best-preserved bridges throughout the Iberian Peninsula. It was...

The theatre of ancient Halicarnassos (modern-day Bodrum in Turkey), built in the 4th century BCE during the reign of King Mausolos and enlarged in the 2nd century CE. Is original capacity was 10,000.

The Roman theatre of Aphrodisias in Caria (modern-day Turkey), built in the second half of the 1st century BCE on the eastern slope of the acropolis.

The Roman bridge Pont Julien in southern France is a three arched bridge built in 3 BCE over the Calavon river on the Via Domitia, an important Roman road that connected Italy and Spain through the Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis.

The Roman bridge at Saint-Chamas (France), so called-Pont Flavien, was built in the late 1st century CE across the River Touloubre. The name “Flavien” refers to a local Roman-Gaul aristocrat called Lucius Donnius Flavius, and an inscription...