They performed before thousands and could become celebrities, yet actors in ancient Rome were stripped of their civic rights.

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 World, ...

I saw an IG Reel that said something along the lines of “women have no idea how often the men in their lives think about the Roman Empire.”So I asked my husband: “How often do you think about the ...

In a recent Saturday Night Live (SNL) sketch, a woman worries about her husband because he seems adrift as he stares blankly into space. Is he having an affair? No, he daydreams about Ancient ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — It’s been almost 2,000 years since the Roman Empire reached the peak of its power, but according to a new trend on TikTok, a lot of men still think about it. The trend has women ...

Many colourful tales surround his reign, including that he set fire to Rome, playing his lyre ... to have been married to two men at different times. Shushma Malik is a Roman historian and a lecturer ...

Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World, by Mary Beard. Liveright. 512 pages. $39.99. If men think about the Roman Empire all the time, they do not do it under conditions of their own making.