These exquisite statues, featuring intricate details of clothing and jewelry ... and what appears to be a papyrus roll.” In ancient Rome, women were typically relegated to domestic roles ...

Defined by the men in their lives, women in ancient Rome were valued mainly as wives and mothers. Although some were allowed more freedom than others, there was always a limit, even for the ...

Titled “Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman ... the broader Roman Empire,” says co-curator Katharine A. Raff in the statement. “In ...

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried ... Priestesses, in the Roman world, held unusual levels of power for women—and it's been suggested that this woman might have ...

Ancient Rome was a man’s world ... often a nephew – to make sure that the family line would not die out. Roman women usually married in their early teenage years, while men waited until ...

Other women, attract attention for their flagrant sexual excesses. One ancient writer describes Julia, Augustus’ only daughter, entertaining her lovers in public in the Roman forum. While ...