A private bath complex in Pompeii has been unearthed by archaeologists; the baths highlight the wealth of the ancient city before it was destroyed in AD 79.
How could a mediocre city in central Italy come to dominate such a huge area? What held the empire together and tore it apart? Mary Beard takes in the history and archaeology of the ancient world.
The Horrea Pippertaria, the Wanted in Rome website, shares, claimed central real estate in the Rome of yore. It was located on the Vicus ad Carinas, the ancient thoroughfare that connected the Roman ...