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Long before machine guns, ancient Roman troops used this 2,000-year-old rapid-fire weapon in Pompeii, new research suggests

In 89 B.C.E., the residents of Pompeii joined ancient Italian allies in a revolt against the ever-expanding power of the Roman Empire. Roman leaders, however, quickly squashed the uprising, sending in ...
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The eerie remains of Pompeii seem untouched. But new findings reveal a little-known postscript

The once-thriving Roman city of Pompeii resembles an eerie time capsule, seemingly unoccupied since a catastrophic volcanic eruption in AD 79, with the remains of its inhabitants forever frozen under ...
CNN

An ancient stone staircase seemed to lead nowhere. Now it’s revealing the ‘lost Pompeii’

Nearly 2,000 years after a devastating volcanic eruption destroyed and entombed a thriving Roman city, researchers are turning to the novel technique of digital archaeology to reveal the “lost Pompeii ...