The innovations of warfare during this period are considered, encompassing devices such as the Helepolis – a formidable, wheeled tower encased in fortifications – and “Greek Fire,” a devastatingly effective liquid fire that adhered relentle…

The remarkable ships of Lake Nemi—large Roman vessels recovered from the lake’s depths during the nineteen-thirties and tragically lost to fire in nineteen-forty-four—are examined, with particular attention given to the technological insigh…

Several remarkable examples of ingenuity from antiquity have been brought into focus: a vessel resembling an early electrical battery, a French flour mill powered by a series of waterwheels, and the ingenious application of solar energy by …