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

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

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 ...

Finding her place in history The courtesan who brought down a cult, and other unsung women of ancient Rome Ars chats with historian Emma Southon about her new book A Rome of One's Own.

Examining history, then, I think we must come to the conclusion that the Roman ideas of marriage had not a bad effect either on the happiness or morals of the women.

How often do men think of ancient Rome? Who cares! It's these women who know it best.

Short essay by Professor Catharine Edwards on what interests her about the role that women played in imperial Rome.

The roads into ancient Pompeii were more than streets—they were funerary roads where tombs spoke to passersby. Families gathered here for memorial feasts, and inscriptions invited travelers into ...

Bodies, potentially decaying, were a more common sight in ancient Rome than now. Suetonius, writing in the first century CE, ...

Nymphs offer us more than just stories of sexy nature spirits. They can reveal how ancient people thought about their world ...

Archaeology & History What Life Was Really Like for Women in Ancient Pompeii These ancient artifacts reveal the untold stories and everyday lives of women in the ill-fated Roman city.