On the frontiers of the empire, Roman generals served as patroni for ... advancement was always possible for the select few. Wealth and property were well-known routes to social advancement ...

Despite these differences, almost all citizens carefully observed the same rituals at dinner time – the rituals that made them Roman ... rickety homes of normal people, whose lives were far ...

Archaeologists in Luxembourg have discovered a lavish 1,700-year-old hoard of Roman gold coins that had been placed near the foundations of a small, tower-like Roman fort.

Historians estimate that up to 10 per cent of the population of the Roman Empire were enslaved people. They had no legal rights in ancient Rome and they were considered to be property. They did a ...