For wealthy Romans, life was good. They lived in beautiful houses – often on the hills outside Rome, away from the noise and the smell. They enjoyed an extravagant lifestyle with luxurious furnishings ...
This strange discovery is just one among a trove of new details on ancient Roman life and death found at the necropolis Vila de Madrid, which today lies in the heart of the city of Barcelona. In a new ...
The life of a Roman soldier was full of risk, danger and camraderie, but it could also be beset with loneliness. Many soldiers joined in order to build a better future for themselves. We know this was ...
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Roman nightlife revealed: Taverns, gambling, and the dangerous after-dark world of ordinary citizens in ancient Rome
For most Romans, life followed the rhythm of the sun. Without strong artificial lighting, work ended at dusk and the unlit streets became dangerous terrain. Ordinary citizens gathered in neighborhood ...
Around 186 BCE, a former slave turned courtesan named Hispala Faecenia fell in love with a young upper-middle class Roman man named Publius Aebutius. Then she learned his mother and stepfather planned ...
Archaeologists in Hungary have unearthed a well-preserved Roman sarcophagus, revealing insights into the life of a young woman from 1,700 years ago. The limestone sarcophagus, found in Budapest has ...
An engraving by Levasseur after Jules-Elie Delaunay depicts the angel of death at the door during the 165 A.D. plague in Rome. Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 4.0 Around 165 A.D., the Anatolian town of ...
The city of Rome is still fed by pipes and aqueducts designed over two thousand years ago. They were built during the Roman Empire to bring water from nearby mountains. Engineers ensured the supply ...
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