Around 2,500 years ago, the city of Rome was at the centre of a huge empire that stretched from Scotland to Syria. The Roman Empire was based upon enslaved people and citizens. Enslaved people ...

Unlike society in ancient Egypt, Rome did not regard women as equal to ... a woman enjoyed depended largely on her wealth and social status. A few women ran their own businesses – one woman ...

Bathing in ancient Rome was a social event involving unique hygiene rituals. Romans would cover themselves in olive oil before visiting the heated rooms of public baths. Afterward, they used a ...

The claim originated from a speech Trump gave during a joint press conference with Italian President Sergio Mattarella in ...

By the first century, however, the need for capable men to run Rome’s vast empire was slowly eroding the old social barriers. The social structure of ancient Rome was based on heredity ...

The mass production of silver coins in the Roman Empire had an unintended effect: spewing so much lead into the atmosphere ...