A newly translated version of 'The Lives of the Caesars', a gossip-filled account of the escapades of Roman emperors, has ...

When it comes to the length and breadth of the ancient Roman Empire, birthday celebrations ... though it is doubtful that lit ...

Ancient Rome was a man’s world. In politics, society and the family, men held both the power and the purse-strings – they even decided whether a baby would live or die. Families were dominated ...