When it comes to ancient education and literacy, the consensus is that most people in the ancient Roman world were illiterate. Those who could read and write were wealthy elites; it was only ...

Women in Ancient Rome Didn’t Have Equal Rights. They Still Changed History. 7 minute read. Marble statue of Livia, wife of emperor Octavian Augustus, from the 1st century AD.

It is believed that the bikini was a 20th century invention, but an ancient mosaic reveals women in Rome wore it while ...

What we not been able to find, however, is any record of the use of turpentine by women in ancient Rome (or anywhere else thereafter) specifically to lend their urine a floral scent.

Unlike society in ancient Egypt, Rome did not regard women as equal to men before the law. They received only a basic education, if any at all, and were subject to the authority of a man.

What can a closer look at women’s roles in ancient Rome teach us today? William & Mary Classical Studies Professor Vassiliki Panoussi’s new book explores the traditional, and not so traditional, ways ...

Archaeologists in northern Britain discovered 13-inch shoes at the ancient Roman Magna Fort, raising questions about the ...

The topic of ancient Rome has been pretty good to Southon, and she has no plans to switch to a different historical period any time soon. She's currently working on a children's book about Britain ...

Throughout “Women & Power,” Beard draws a direct line between the silencing and invisibility of women in the cultures of ancient Greece and Rome and our own current and continuing problems ...

Unlike society in ancient Egypt, Rome did not regard women as equal to men before the law. They received only a basic education, if any at all, and were subject to the authority of a man.