Despite these differences, almost all citizens carefully observed the same rituals at dinner time – the rituals that made them Roman. The ancient Rome ... rickety homes of normal people, whose ...

We can gain more insight on our modern problem by turning to ancient Rome for ... lives for the glory of Rome—eventually found themselves crowded out of their own homes, with their plots of ...

Almost every house and apartment building in Pompeii ... It’s clear that the lack of zoning for businesses and activities in ancient Rome knitted the rich and the poor rather tightly together in a ...

they were also home to tens of thousands of poor, desperate people who were the perfect audience for the Christian message of eternal life. Like Jesus, Paul spoke to people in their homes and ...

They had jobs such as: Historians estimate that up to 10 per cent of the population of the Roman Empire were enslaved people. They had no legal rights in ancient Rome and they were considered to ...

The Romans had a serious trash problem ... I spent a week in Arles in a small stone house overlooking the Rhône. The summer season was not yet in full swing, and away from the tourist hot ...

Julia is transported back to Ancient Rome where she explores the homes of both rich and poor Roman citizens, the sorts of entertainments enjoyed by the Romans and the infrastructure needed to ...

The newly-uncovered fresco was found on a half-crumbled wall in what was the hallway of a house in Pompeii Archaeologists in the ancient Roman city ... also born as a 'poor' dish in southern ...

Edward Fraughton’s last masterpiece is photographed for the first time by the Deseret News — a sculpture that the late, award ...

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We scoured the World Wide Web and dozens of travel blogs and forums to find the best of the best Roman day trips. We start with the sites closest to central Rome, then gradually head north through ...

This week’s soft opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum marks the beginning of a new era for Egypt’s heritage, reports Nevine ...