Fragments of a rare Roman-era helmet were discovered alongside nearly 200 weapons, all buried in the foundations of two homes ...

Despite these differences, almost all citizens carefully observed the same rituals at dinner time – the rituals that made them Roman ... rickety homes of normal people, whose lives were far ...

On the frontiers of the empire, Roman generals served as patroni for ... advancement was always possible for the select few. Wealth and property were well-known routes to social advancement ...

This method could prove helpful because, while it is hard to determine the ages of houses in ancient towns ... implications for the study of the Roman Empire more broadly, Ortman says.

A bioarchaeological investigation has revealed that the quality of life in the countryside was better than city life in the ...

Historians estimate that up to 10 per cent of the population of the Roman Empire were enslaved people. They had no legal rights in ancient Rome and they were considered to be property. They did a ...