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Researchers from the University of Oxford have dated the Roman camps back to 106 AD, believing they were used during a hostile takeover of the Nabataean Kingdom.

The camps were first sighted on Google Earth and are surprisingly well-preserved. Spotted in the Arabian Desert, they provide an insight into Roman campaigns in the peninsula during the second century.

Researchers believe Romans travelled by camel between the camps.

Archaeologists excavating the area around Leicester Cathedral have discovered a semi-subterranean structure they believe to be a Roman shrine.

Deep-fried pizza until the crust is golden, topped with sauce, basil, and cheese, then baked in wood-fired oven to melt the cheese and crisp the crust even more. That is a pizza Montanara. The description doesn't even sound remotely Italian; it sounds as if it is something made-up but is not. It turns out that fried pizza is as old as a tradition or even older in Naples than

LA Times restaurant critic Bill Addison visits Bacetti in Echo Park, another spot to add to the city’s growing list of Italian restaurants.