As the Roman Empire expanded, it brought bath complexes and new grooming tools with it—from nail care to "ear scoops." Found at the site of Sidi Ghrib near Carthage, this mosaic—titled The Woman of ...

A striking and rare, multicolor mosaic has been discovered amid a Roman villa discovered in farmland in Devon, England. The ...

Email your shout-outs to live.lessons@bbc.co.uk to let us know your class is watching. Presented by archaeologist Raksha Dave and history enthusiast Ben Shires from Vindolanda in Northumberland. In ...

PEOPLE of the last century had a very easy time with their Roman history, and any gentleman could pick up enough of it “in course of his morning’s reading” to answer the demands of a lifetime. Men ...

According to Roman scholar Marcus Terentius Varro, the city of Rome was founded in April 753BC. and was formed from settlements gathered around the River Tiber. The early inhabitants of Rome were a ...

A new study has revealed that it was not plague that killed half of the world’s population and thus proved to be the downfall of the Roman Empire as we know from history. The study was published this ...

The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. If you’ve heard the phrase “this is my Roman Empire” swirling ...

This programme was published in November 2023 and we are no longer reviewing emails and messages from schools for inclusion in the lesson or on the page. Grab your class as we attempt to solve a ...