The Roman Baths, Bath, Avon, England, UK

Roman statue, Old Town, Orange, Vaucluse, Provence, France, Europe

The Royal Crescent, Bath, Avon, England, UK

Via della Lungaretta, Trastevere, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Roman temple and cathedral, Evora, Alentejo, Portugal, Europe

The Roman Aqueduct, Segovia, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe

Mount Vesuvius behind the ruins of the Roman resort of Herculaneum, destroyed in the eruption of AD 79 which covered the town in lava and mud, Herculaneum, near Naples, Campania, Italy, Europe

Atrium of the House of the Golden Cupids, archaeological site of Pompeii, UNESCO World Heritage Site, province of Naples, Campania, Italy, Europe

Palazzo Franchetti (Palazzo Cavalli-Franchetti), home to the Venetian Institute of Sciences Letters and Arts situated along the Grand Canal, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Roman House at Roman Villa of Quintilii, Appian Way, Rome, Latium (Lazio), Italy, Europe

View of Little St. John Street and Chester Roman Amphitheatre, Chester, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Anzio, Roman Emperor Nero's home, Anzio, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Chester Roman Gardens, Chester, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Roman aqueduct of Perugia at sunset, one of the main attractions of the old town, Perugia, Umbria, Italy, Europe

Roman ruins in front of Matisse Museum, Nice, Provence, France, Europe

Roman-medieval town of Vaison-la-Romaine, Vaucluse region, France, Europe

Politician's house, Pompeii, Campania, Italy, Europe

Royal Crescent, Bath, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Avon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

House of Paquinius, Pompeii, Campania, Italy, Europe

Megeve, Haute-Savoie, France, Europe

Roman ruins in the centre of Bari old town surrounded by residential homes, Bari, Apulia, Italy, Europe

A large room within one of the terrace houses, Ephesus, Turkey

Crypt with beast column, Freisinger Dom St. Maria und St. Korbinian, Freising Cathedral of St. Mary and St. Korbinian, Freising, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Above the roofs of the houses in the old town of Mainz rises the six towers of St. Martins Cathedral (German: Mainzer Dom) that represents the highest point of Romanesque cathedral architecture in Germany. The Cathedral of Mainz dates from 975 AD but was continually rebuilt and restored, reaching its present form mainly in the 13th and 14th centuries

Grave monument of Pope Innocent III., transept, Basilica San Giovanni in Laterano, Basilica of St. John Lateran, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Historic Sassanid relief of the triumph of King Shapur I. over the Roman Emperor Valerian and Philip the Arab and tomb of King Darius, Dareios I. at the Achaemenid burial site Naqsh-e Rostam, Rustam near the archeological site of Persepolis, UNESCO World

Apse with organ, transept with grave monument of Pope Innocent III., Basilica San Giovanni in Laterano, Basilica of St. John Lateran, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Romanesque crypt in Maria Woerth at Woerthersee lake, Carinthia, Austria, Europe

Cathedral and Temple Dowling, Clonmacnoise Monastery, County Offaly, Leinster, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Roman sarcophagus in Salona near Split, Croatia, Europe

Christian Roman tomb, Tipasa, Algeria, Africa

Cestius Pyramid, Cestio Campo Cemetery, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Church of Our Lady and graveyard, Damme, West Flanders, Belgium, Europe

Christian Roman tomb, Tipasa, Algeria, Africa

Christian Roman tomb, Tipasa, Algeria, Africa

Pillar tombs in Xanthos, Lycia, south coast, Turkey

Amphitheatre and pillar tombs, Xanthos, Lycia, south coast, Turkey

Close-up of the Roman Catholic Church of St Marks in Soufriere, a small fishing village on the Island of Dominica, Soufriere, Dominica, Caribbean

Turkey, Anatolia, Ephesus, Mosaic on the floor of one of the terrace houses.

Turkey, Anatolia, Ephesus, A large room within one of the terrace houses.

Turkey, Anatolia, Ephesus, One of the terrace houses.