Archaeologists in northern Britain discovered 13-inch shoes at the ancient Roman Magna Fort, raising questions about the towering soldiers who defended the empire.

These ancient artifacts reveal the untold stories and everyday lives of women in the ill-fated Roman city. A fresco exhibited in the exhibition "Being a Woman in Ancient Pompeii" in Pompeii, Italy.

Frescoes, statues, graffiti and other artifacts show the many roles and rituals of Roman womanhood. Archaeological Park of Pompeii Like all women of their time, Asellina and Zmyrina could not vote ...

A Rome of One's Own chronologically presents the lives of Hispala and 20 other women, from Tarpeia and Hersilia (750 BCE) in the earliest foundational days, to "the political stab-fest of the late ...