Slavery had a long history in the ancient world ... could work in the same jobs as plebeians – as craftsmen, midwives or traders. Some even became wealthy. However, Rome’s rigid society ...

I’ve always been interested in the relationship between gender and power in ancient Rome. This was a key concern ... thought she could do a much better job of running the empire than her teenage ...

JULIA: There was a big difference between how girls and boys were expected to behave in ancient Rome and the kinds of jobs they had to do as they were growing up. Let’s follow Felix and his ...

Now a popular tourist destination along the Adriatic coast, Rimini—or Ariminum in ancient times—had been a major Roman town for centuries, and the modern city is strewn with monuments from ...