Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Petar Milošević - Own work - CC BY-SA 4.0/Wiki Commons. Roman history often brings to mind a parade of emperors, ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. This Roman-era relief depicts two female gladiators fighting each other in Halicarnassus, an ...
Delve into the extraordinary details preserved in Roman epitaphs, highlighting the rich tapestry of human experience in the Empire. From the imperial household staff to legionaries, gladiators, and ...
One of the great things about computer games is that anything is possible – except women who fight, apparently.
Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for thousands of years) by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD, don't often think to look beyond the city walls. And ...
In Rome, female infants were much more likely to be exposed (abandoned to die) because daughters required a dowry to wed and did not hand down the family name. Girls from leading families may have ...