Slavery was a core part of life in ancient Rome—for both its economy and society. But when did it actually end? In this video ...

Beyond the grand reception halls of the Villa of Poppaea unfolds a more intimate Roman world of private baths, slave quarters, guest bedrooms, and gardens designed to master nature itself. From ...

Pompeii is well known as an iconic Roman city. But for much of its early history, it wasn’t Roman at all. It belonged to the ...

From its heart in Italy across its many thousands of miles, the Roman Empire was built and maintained by slaves. Some were born enslaved, the sons and daughters of enslaved mothers. Others were ...

Telling a story is a core tradition of Judaism – as we do for Pesach , telling the story every year of the Exodus from Egypt.

Life in Greece and in the Byzantine Empire as a whole is a fascinating chapter of human history that not many pay attention ...

Yet Trimalchio was mistaken. He had not reckoned with Kim Bowes, professor of ancient history and archaeology at the University of Pennsylvania, and a revolution in our understanding of the economic ...

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Professor David Abulafia, the historian, who has died aged 76, made his name as a revisionary biographer of the Holy Roman ...

New love notes found on a Pompeii wall reveal personal messages, sketches, and confessions hidden for centuries.

The first of the Ten Commandments is God’s invitation for us to know Him. “You shall have no other gods before me,” (Exodus 20:3).

This Nepalese drama stars Paul Shah as a man pondering a move out of the country for his career. Also with Pradeep Thawat and ...