The excavations taking place in the Roman city, buried by the eruption of Vesuvius, reflect the beauty and sophistication of ...

Slaves, captured in wars or bought in markets ... The balance of beauty and brutality in Roman life serves as a reminder that ...

They enjoyed an extravagant lifestyle with luxurious furnishings, surrounded by servants and slaves to cater to ... some things in common. In any Roman family life, the head of the household ...

At the head of Roman family life was the oldest living male ... he had the legal right to disown his children, sell them into slavery or even kill them. Only the paterfamilias could own property ...

The book stresses the harsh realities of life in slavery and the way in which slavery was an integral part of Roman civilisation. "Belongs in every college and seminary library." Religious Studies ...

Life for women in Roman times was often hard ... And if you were poor or a slave, then it was very, very unlikely that you'd get the chance to be taught at all. Those children privileged enough ...

Roman law dictated that slaves were property ... and "it is certainly one of the most exciting discoveries during my life as an archaeologist." "The true treasure here is the human experience ...

Paul Mescal is “massively down” for a third ‘Gladiator’ movie and has joked it hopefully won't take another 24 years to make.

Now “Gladiator” is back, with the sequel storming modern arenas (called cinemas) on November 15th in Britain and November ...

Denzel and grand spectacles can't save Gladiator II from a disregard of internal logic, bad editing, terrible pacing, and ...

Ridley Scott's sequel to the 2000 film puts the spectacular into spectacle and needs to be seen on the biggest screen ...