As glassblowing technologies were developed in present-day Syria in the 1st Century BC, glass objects became more prevalent in daily life. Paper was first made in China at the start of the 2nd ...

Kimmeridge Woman is one of several individuals from the late Iron Age and Roman periods whose burials have been uncovered in Dorset. It is likely that she lived during a period of great social change, ...

It took two men to wrestle Rome back from chaos and turn a republic into an empire. In the first century BC, Rome was a republic. Power lay in the hands of the Senate, elected by Roman citizens.

A trove of 27 silver Roman coins, dating back to the 1st century BC, has been unearthed during restoration work at the ...

However, throughout the 5th century BC playwrights continued to innovate. The playwright Aeschylus added a second speaking role, called the antagonist, and reduced the chorus from 50 to 12.