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 ...

Unlike the romantic weddings of today, marriage in ancient Rome was an arrangement between ... find suitable partners that could improve the family’s wealth or class. For this reason, there ...

Female members of the imperial family, the wives ... been interested in the relationship between gender and power in ancient Rome. This was a key concern in my first book, The politics of ...

Julia introduces a narrative episode about two children growing up in Ancient Rome. Felix and Augusta are brother and sister in a middle-class family. It is early morning and Felix is getting ...

Rome is a surprisingly family-friendly city - here's what to do on a budget - Italy’s Eternal City might be known for ...