Beginning in the eighth century BCE, ancient Rome grew from a small town into an empire that at its peak covered most of continental Europe, Britain, Western Asia, and Northern Africa. It left an ...

A nine. Fantastic. That wall is pretty impressive. Well, there we are, a taster of British Roman history in a matter of minutes. The Romans had lots of different gods and goddesses. There were ...

Julia introduces a narrative episode about two children growing up in Ancient Rome. Felix and Augusta are brother and sister in a middle-class family. It is early morning and Felix is getting ...

Ancient Rome was a man’s world ... survive their first year and up to half of all children would die before the age of 10. As a result, the Roman state gave legal rewards to women who had ...

Ancient masters of ... issue of National Geographic History magazine. Water was transported not only for drinking but also for public fountains, such as this Roman one shaped like a drinking ...

A cross inlaid in the floor of a library marks the spot where Indiana Jones has to dig to access the ancient catacombs of ... To find catacombs, go to Rome, home of some of the oldest and longest ...

10 Free Sights You Can't Miss in Rome With Kids Planning a Roman holiday with ... While many of Rome's ancient buildings are in ruins and require a keen imagination to envision them in their ...