Life for women in Roman times was often hard. Women ran the home, cooking and raising the children. In wealthy families, enslaved people often did this work. Discipline for children was very firm ...
An integral part of daily life in ancient Rome, the baths gave citizens of all classes the chance to mingle, gossip and relax. They were viewed as fundamental to Roman civilization and an obvious ...
The ancient Rome that remains today is one of fabulous ... whose lives were far less fabulous. In truth, daily life in Rome would have been far more like that in modern day Cairo or Delhi than ...
The Journey through Caesar's Forum project offers tourists a virtual night-time walk through the ruins of the first Imperial ...
Lead pollution likely led to widespread declines in IQ during the ancient Roman era, a study has found. The negative health effects of lead exposure in modernity have been widely recognized.
What if the story behind Valentine’s Day isn’t just a legend? In "The Legend of Valentine," award-winning filmmaker Sheldon ...
Most research on women in Ancient Greece and Rome concentrate on urban domestic life where there were no references to women ...
A thick layer of volcanic mud preserved Pompeii as it was in 79 CE, offering a unique glimpse into life in the Roman Empire.