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 ...

All roads lead to Rome. We say that because the ancient empire built 250,000 miles of highway across the breadth of Europe.

Furthermore, “like many sculptures sold in Rome in 18th-century ... rather than Minerva—the ancient Roman equivalent of the Olympian—Manchester tells The Art Newspaper that it was, in ...