Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried ... is dressed in the quintessentially Roman toga that instantly identifies him as a proud male citizen of Rome. The status quo in ...

Defined by the men in their lives, women in ancient Rome were valued mainly as wives and mothers. Although some were allowed more freedom than others, there was always a limit, even for the ...

Excavated from a nearly 2,000-year-old villa in Valencia, Spain, the broken-up murals once formed fresco decor ...

When Giovanni Torlonia and his son Alessandro were building the collection, it was common practice to repair ancient statuary ...

She specializes in ancient Roman art and architecture. She has also done extensive research ... She holds a Joint Appointment in the Department of Women and Gender Studies.

Other women, attract attention for their flagrant sexual excesses. One ancient writer describes Julia, Augustus’ only daughter, entertaining her lovers in public in the Roman forum. While ...

The social structure of ancient Rome was based on heredity, property, wealth, citizenship and freedom. It was also based around men: women were defined by the social status of their fathers or ...