The marbles in the Torlonia Collection have been inaccessible to the public for decades. Now, some of them will be exhibited ...

The toga has long been one of the most recognisable symbols of ancient Rome, so why have we been getting its history wrong?

The Roman Empire was created and controlled by its ... asking for news and warm clothing. When they retired, every legionnaire was entitled to a plot of land to farm. Soldiers looked forward ...

As the Roman Empire spread across Europe ... where they would undress and leave their clothing, which would be watched over by a servant or slave. They would then visit the Palaestra, or Gymnasium ...

More than 1,500 years after its collapse in A.D. 476, the Roman Empire has seen a resurgence in the unlikeliest of settings — social media. Online users, predominantly on the video-sharing app ...

They had jobs such as: Historians estimate that up to 10 per cent of the population of the Roman Empire were enslaved people. They had no legal rights in ancient Rome and they were considered to ...