I rather like that she's slightly taller than him, standing at 1.77m, while he's 1.75m. She's draped in a modest tunic, cloak and veil (symbols of Roman womanhood), and boasts a pronounced ...

A marble statue of a man, dressed in a toga and holding a scroll, was found by construction workers in the city of Varna, previously the ancient city of Odessa, with very little damage.

The Roman historian Suetonius notes that the emperor Augustus wore four tunics and a heavy toga in the winter, along with a wool chest protector, an undershirt, and wraps for his shins and thighs.

The ancient Athenians had a word for citizens that refused to exercise their right to vote. They called them “idiotai,” from which the word “idiot” is derived.

Here are seven unusual ancient Roman superstitions and what they may have meant. 1. Carrying a bride over the threshold A happy husband carrying his new wife over the threshold.

To a historian of ancient Rome like Mary Beard, it’s always timely to talk about the empire. But her new book about the daily lives of Roman Emperors, Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman ...

Poor guy. 9. ROMAN ELITES DIDN’T HAVE REGULAR ORGIES. Gratuitous sex scenes filled with writhing masses of toga-clad aristocrats are a standard fixture in movies and TV shows set in ancient Rome.