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 ...

Other women, attract attention for their flagrant sexual excesses. One ancient writer describes Julia, Augustus’ only daughter, entertaining her lovers in public in the Roman forum. While ...

Spectacular statues reveal art tradition of ancient Rome’s lost sculpture capital - City of Perga on Turkey’s southwestern ...

not ancient Greek, and therefore were familiar with the Latin names of deities,” Manchester tells Elena Goukassian of the Art Newspaper. But the Roman statue distinctly depicts the Greek goddess ...