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 ...

Bettany Hughes explores the lives of Roman women and looks at a genuine letter from a Roman woman to her sister. It was discovered at the Roman fort at Vindolanda and is the oldest handwriting of ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login The presence of women in Roman military contexts has been established beyond doubt by scholars in recent decades. Nevertheless, very little ...

Life for women in Roman times was often hard. Women ran the home, cooking and raising the children. In wealthy families, enslaved people often did this work. Discipline for children was very firm ...

The social structure of ancient Rome was based on heredity, property, wealth, citizenship and freedom. It was also based around men: women were defined by the social status of their fathers or ...

Can you put a price on Hollywood history? Bidders tried on Thursday, when a dozen sketches by the legendary costume designer ...

Women deacons are also mentioned outside of Christianity by the Roman lawyer and magistrate Pliny the Younger. 'No Place for a Woman' receives 5-star review award from Readers' Favorite in the US ...

A museum in the United Kingdom has identified the Roman emperor Elagabalus to be a transgender woman. The North Hertfordshire Museum in Hitchin, a town north of London, said that the decision was ...

A British museum will update its display about a Roman Emperor after determining they were a transgender woman. The North Hertfordshire museum will now refer to the emperor Elagabalus with female ...

Roman Kemp has been spotted on a romantic stroll with a new woman. The One Show presenter was holding hands with Carmen Gaggero while on an outing in London. The pair had visited the French ...