Defined by the men in their lives, women in ancient Rome were valued mainly ... imported fabrics, like Chinese silk or Indian cotton. Women were expected to be the dignified wife and the good ...

‘To the Spirits of the Dep­ar­ted, Tiberius Claudius Sec­undus,” reads an ­ancient tombstone found in Rome and ­dedicated ... in so many other ways they were just like us.

With an owl in the palm of her hand, a cloak adorned with a gorgon’s head and a warrior’s helmet upon her swept hair, Athena, as depicted in a Roman statue from the first century C.E., is a remarkable ...