Why are Roman ruins found below ground level?
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There are a lot of Roman ruins above ground level as well. Things like aqueducts and theaters and stuff. Even mileposts and other markers from the Roman era is often found above ground. But the problem with anything above the ground level is that it wears much faster. And everywhere the Romans settled continued to be settled for two thousand years. So people who lived there either maintained the Roman structures, replacing things as they broke and upgrading them. Or they took the good materials that the Romans left in order to build their own structures nearby. This means that most of what we find is underground where it have been preserved, sheltered from weather and people. For example we might find only the underground foundations of a Roman villa as the rest have rotted away and the brickwork recycled.
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