{
  "id": 236840,
  "title": "This Marine-Life Mosaic Discovered Near the Colosseum Offers a Surprising Clue—Its Building May Have Housed Firefighters in Ancient Rome",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/this-marine-life-mosaic-discovered-near-the-colosseum-offers-a",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-06T19:51:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Smithsonian",
    "slug": "smithsonian",
    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-marine-life-mosaic-discovered-near-the-colosseum-offers-a-surprising-clue-its-building-may-have-housed-firefighters-in-ancient-rome-180989273/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "At the time of the structure's construction in the second century C.E., firefighting in ancient Rome was a formalized profession",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}