Archaeologists discovered a Roman necropolis near Naples at the location of the ancient settlement of Liternum. An inscription in the marble of a tomb indicated that it was the final resting place ...

Unlike the romantic weddings of today, marriage in ancient Rome was an arrangement between two families. Like much of Roman society ... She would be wearing a tunica recta — a white woven ...

Defined by the men in their lives, women in ancient Rome were valued mainly as ... Not much information exists about Roman women in the first century. Women were not allowed to be active in ...