Sabratha Roman site, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tripolitania, Libya, North Africa, Africa

Sabratha Roman site, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tripolitania, Libya, North Africa, Africa

Sabratha Roman site, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tripolitania, Libya, North Africa, Africa

Sabratha Roman site, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tripolitania, Libya, North Africa, Africa

Relief at Roman Theatre, Sabratha Roman site, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tripolitania, Libya, North Africa, Africa

Roman amphitheatre, Ortygia, Syracuse, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Theatre, Roman ruins of Bulla Regia, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa

School for youths, Roman site of Makhtar, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa

Detail of Trajan's Column, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Roman Catholic mass during Espiritu Santo Festival in Vila Novo, Terceira, Vila Nova, Azores, Portugal, Europe

Roman Catholic nun making candles, Urt, Pyrenees Atlantique, France, Europe

Wallfahrtskirche Maria Gern, traditional onion dome Roman Catholic church at Berchtesgaden in Bavaria, Germany

Public fountain on cobbled street, Roman ruins of Pompeii, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Campania, Italy, Europe

Roman Wall to east at Craglough, Hadrian's Wall, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Nothumberland, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Roman spa city of Hieropolis (Hierapolis), Pamukkale, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Asia

Ruins, Palmyra, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Syria, Middle East

View of Roman Theatre from the Citadel columns, Amman, Jordan, Middle East

Citadel columns, Amman, Jordan, Middle East

Piazza Venezia, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Severan Forum, Leptis Magna, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tripolitania, Libya, North Africa, Africa

The biggest and best preserved Roman stadium in the world at the archaeological site of Aphrodisias, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Asia

St. Peters in Montorio, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Colosseum, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Fountain in the Piazza Navona, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

The Roman arena, Merida, Extramadura, Spain, Europe

The Roman aqueduct, UNESCO World Heritage Site, from terrace of cafe in the Plaza Azoguejo, Segovia, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe

The Roman-German museum (Romisch-Germanisches Museum), Cologne, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Thermae Bath Spa, Bath, Avon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

View from above of oval Roman Forum, with Jerash town in background, Jerash, Jordan, Middle East

Overview of Hadrianic bath, Leptis Magna, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Libya, North Africa, Africa

Market, Leptis Magna, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Libya, North Africa, Africa

Hadrians Wall looking east from turret 45b, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Northumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Sabratha Roman site, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tripolitania, Libya, North Africa, Africa

Sabratha Roman site, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tripolitania, Libya, North Africa, Africa

Hadrianic Baths, Roman site of Leptis Magna, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Libya, North Africa, Africa

Roman theatre, built around AD140, St. Alban's, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Roman theatre, built around AD140, St. Alban's, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Ruins of Septizodium, Circo Massimo, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

The Roman theatre, archaeological site, Aphrodisias, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor

Roman Forum, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

The Circus, Georgian terrace, Bath, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Avon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Arch of Constantine, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Theatre, Roman site of Leptis Magna, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Libya, North Africa, Africa

Temple of Caelestis, Roman ruin of Thuburbo Majus, Tunisia. North Africa, Africa

House of the Hunt, Roman ruins of Bulla Regia, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa

The Roman ruins of Salamis, Turkish part of Cyprus, Europe

Roman Bridge and Old Town, Tavira, Algarve, Portugal, Europe

South wall of Roman Fort at Vindolanda, looking west to reconstruction, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Northumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Ruins, archaeological site, Aphrodisias, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor

The Roman Stadium, the biggest and best preserved stadium in the world, archaeological site, Aphrodisias, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor

Severan Forum, Leptis Magna, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tripolitania, Libya, North Africa, Africa

Ruins, archaeological site, Jerash, Jordan, Middle East

Ruins, Palmyra, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Syria, Middle East

S. Maria Maggiore, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

The Forum, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Trevi fountain, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Roman Catholic church, Sao Filipe, Fogo (Fire), Cape Verde Islands, Africa

Sabratha Roman site, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tripolitania, Libya, North Africa, Africa

Sabratha Roman site, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tripolitania, Libya, North Africa, Africa

Theatre, Roman site of Sabratha, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Libya, North Africa, Africa

Remains of villas lying below the Capitolium, Roman ruins of Thuburbo Majus, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa

The Capitol Temples (Capitolium), Roman ruin of Sbeitla, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa

Mass in St. Mary's Roman Catholic church, New York, United States of America, North America

Gianicolo Hill, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

The Abbey, Bath, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Large baths, Roman ruins of Makhtar, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa

House of the New Hunt, Roman ruins of Bulla Regia, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa

Capitolium (Temple to the three main gods), Roman ruin of Thuburbo Majus, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa

Ruins of the colonnade, Palmyra, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Syria, Middle East

The South theatre, Roman site, Jerash (Jarash), Jordan, Middle East

Senators palace, Campidoglio, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Large baths, Roman ruins of Makhtar, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa

Piazza Colonna, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Piazza Navona, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Sabratha Roman site, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tripolitania, Libya, North Africa, Africa

School for youths, Roman site of Makhtar, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa

Ruins of the colonnade, Palmyra, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Syria, Middle East

Base of column in foreground and Forum, Jerash, Jordan, Middle East

Syria, Orontes Valley, Apamea, The Museum Established In A Turkish Khan (Caravanserai), A Roman Mosaic Representing Romulus And Remus Fed By The Roman Wolf And Found In The Apamea Cardo Ruins

Syria, Orontes Valley, Apamea, The Museum Established In A Turkish Khan (Caravanserai), Detail Of A Roman Mosaic That Was Found In The Apamea Cardo Ruins

Mosaic of the (drunken?) Silenus, riding on the back of a Dromedary, Museum, El Djem, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa

Capitolium (Temple to the three main gods), Roman ruin of Dougga, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa

Baptismal fonts, Roman ruin of Sbeitla, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa

Roman and Georgian Baths, Bath, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Black Gate (Porta Nigra), Trier, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Rhineland, Mosel Valley, Germany, Europe

Mosaic floor, The Roman Villa, Carthage, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tunis, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa

Detail of writing on Roman plinth from Moresby near Hadrians Wall in Cumbria, British Museum, Bloomsbury, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A collapsed coastal road near Skipsea on Yorkshires East Coast, UK. The coast is composed of soft boulder clays, very vulnerable to coastal erosion. This sectiion of coast has been eroding since Roman times, with many villages having disappeared into the sea, and is the fastest eroding coast in Europe. Climate change is speeding up the erosion, with sea level rise, increased stormy weather and increased heavy rainfall events, all playing their part.

Cowpers Cross, an ancient stone cross standing close to the old Roman road that crosses Ilkley moor, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

TANZANIA The Roman Catholic Parish of Buza, Dar es Salaam. Sunday mass. Nun giving sacrament to the sick sitting outside church. photograph by Sean Sprague

A collapsed coastal road at between Skipsea and Ulrome on Yorkshires East Coast, near Skipsea, UK. The coast is composed of soft boulder clays, very vulnerable to coastal erosion. This sectiion of coast has been eroding since Roman times, with many villages having disappeared into the sea, and is the fastest eroding coast in Europe. Climate change is speeding up the erosion, with sea level rise, increased stormy weather and increased heavy rainfall events, all palying their part.

A collapsed coastal road at between Skipsea and Ulrome on Yorkshires East Coast, near Skipsea, UK. The coast is composed of soft boulder clays, very vulnerable to coastal erosion. This sectiion of coast has been eroding since Roman times, with many villages having disappeared into the sea, and is the fastest eroding coast in Europe. Climate change is speeding up the erosion, with sea level rise, increased stormy weather and increased heavy rainfall events, all palying their part.

A collapsed coastal road at Easingotn on Yorkshires East Coast, near Skipsea, UK. The coast is composed of soft boulder clays, very vulnerable to coastal erosion. This sectiion of coast has been eroding since Roman times, with many villages having disappeared into the sea, and is the fastest eroding coast in Europe. Climate change is speeding up the erosion, with sea level rise, increased stormy weather and increased heavy rainfall events, all palying their part.

A collapsed coastal road at near Aldbrough on Yorkshires East Coast, near Skipsea, UK. The coast is composed of soft boulder clays, very vulnerable to coastal erosion. This sectiion of coast has been eroding since Roman times, with many villages having disappeared into the sea, and is the fastest eroding coast in Europe. Climate change is speeding up the erosion, with sea level rise, increased stormy weather and increased heavy rainfall events, all palying their part.

Concrete sea defences at Beach Bank Caravan Park in Ulrome near Skipsea on Yorkshires East Coast, UK. The coast is composed of soft boulder clays, very vulnerable to coastal erosion. This section of coast has been eroding since Roman times, with many villages having disappeared into the sea, and is the fastest eroding coast in Europe. Climate change is speeding up the erosion, with sea level rise, increased stormy weather and increased heavy rainfall events, all playing their part.

A collapsed coastal road at between Skipsea and Ulrome on Yorkshires East Coast, near Skipsea, UK. The coast is composed of soft boulder clays, very vulnerable to coastal erosion. This sectiion of coast has been eroding since Roman times, with many villages having disappeared into the sea, and is the fastest eroding coast in Europe. Climate change is speeding up the erosion, with sea level rise, increased stormy weather and increased heavy rainfall events, all palying their part.

A Second world War lookout post leaning alarmingly and about to tumble over the edge of the cliff near Aldbrough on Yorkshires East Coast, UK. The coast is composed of soft boulder clays, very vulnerable to coastal erosion. This section of coast has been eroding since Roman times, with many villages having disappeared into the sea, and is the fastest eroding coast in Europe. Climate change is speeding up the erosion, with sea level rise, increased stormy weather and increased heavy rainfall events, all playing their part.

A collapsed coastal road at Barmston on Yorkshires East Coast, near Skipsea, UK. The coast is composed of soft boulder clays, very vulnerable to coastal erosion. This sectiion of coast has been eroding since Roman times, with many villages having disappeared into the sea, and is the fastest eroding coast in Europe. Climate change is speeding up the erosion, with sea level rise, increased stormy weather and increased heavy rainfall events, all palying their part.

The Remains of the Godwin battery on the beach at Kilnsea at the head of Spurn point on Yorkshires East Coast, UK. Initially constructed during the First World War, the Godwin Battery was added to during the Second World War. It comprised of gun emplacements, search light, barracks, officers’ mess, and a hospital. This section of coastline is the fastest eroding coastline in Europe. The soft boulder clay cliffs are easily eroded and have been eroding since Roman Times, but recently the climate change impacts of increased stormy weather, increased heavy rainfall events and sea level rise have accelerated the rate of erosion. The average rate of attrition is 1.5metres per year, last year it was 5 metres.

The Remains of the Godwin battery on the beach at Kilnsea at the head of Spurn point on Yorkshires East Coast, UK. Initially constructed during the First World War, the Godwin Battery was added to during the Second World War. It comprised of gun emplacements, search light, barracks, officers’ mess, and a hospital. This section of coastline is the fastest eroding coastline in Europe. The soft boulder clay cliffs are easily eroded and have been eroding since Roman Times, but recently the climate change impacts of increased stormy weather, increased heavy rainfall events and sea level rise have accelerated the rate of erosion. The average rate of attrition is 1.5metres per year, last year it was 5 metres.