Ancient Rome was a man’s world. In politics, society and the family, men held both the power and the purse-strings – they even decided whether a baby would live or die. Families were dominated ...

Female members of the imperial family, the wives ... been interested in the relationship between gender and power in ancient Rome. This was a key concern in my first book, The politics of ...

The city of Rome was the beating heart of the Roman Empire, which spanned from the rise of Augustus in around 27 BCE until the last emperor was deposed in 476 CE. During the reign of the Roman Empire, ...

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 ...

A cross inlaid in the floor of a library marks the spot where Indiana Jones has to dig to access the ancient catacombs of ... To find catacombs, go to Rome, home of some of the oldest and longest ...