Families were dominated by men. At the head of Roman family life was the oldest living male, called the "paterfamilias," or "father of the family." He looked after the family's business affairs ...

The discovery changes the whole timeline of the collapse. A 13-year archeological excavation has shown that what was once believed a backwater town for the Roman Empire lasted far longer than ...

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Around 2,500 years ago, the city of Rome was at the centre of a huge empire that stretched from Scotland to Syria. The Roman Empire was based upon enslaved people and citizens. Enslaved people ...

but came from places within the Roman empire, including Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. They were treated very differently. Legionaries were often given benefits, like land to farm when ...

A child born within the Roman Empire at this time would have roughly three times as much lead in their blood on average as kids in the US today, researchers estimate. Using modern evidence of lead ...