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Painting showing Roman women
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 ...
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Women and Power: The Empresses of Ancient Rome
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 ...
Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were More Than Eye Candy—They Were Also Perfumed
Thousands of years ago, Greco-Roman statues offered viewers a multi-dimensional experience that also called to our olfactory ...
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Typical Roman baths
An integral part of daily life in ancient Rome, the baths gave citizens of all ... Men of all social classes mixed freely together. Old, young, rich and poor would share the daily ritual of ...
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Jewish men (and women) think about the Roman Empire all the time. We can’t avoid it.
(JTA) — How often do men think about the Roman Empire? It’s a question that’s been hard to avoid lately, after a woman on TikTok ... For the ancient sages, all of this is rooted in thinking ...