To register your interest please contact [email protected] providing details of the course you are teaching. In Gardens of the Roman Empire, the pioneering archaeologist Wilhelmina F.

First transmitted in 1960, Sir Mortimer Wheeler surveys some of the Roman Empire’s most impressive architectural feats and the artworks that characterised the period. Show more First transmitted ...

Beyond its practical purposes, the psychological impact of the wall must have been tremendous. For nearly three centuries, ...

and studies their development over a thousand years throughout the Roman Empire. Chapters are devoted to technique, to the role of mosaics in architecture, and to their social implications and the ...

The Romans enjoyed a variety of sweets, ranging from simple fruit-based treats to more elaborate pastries. One popular ...

Despite Rome’s glorious architecture, only the richest citizens ... same rituals at dinner time – the rituals that made them Roman. The ancient Rome that remains today is one of fabulous ...

Throughout humanity's history, there have been lasting empires that stood for millennia, ruling vast areas of land and people ...

Traditionally, Roman society was extremely rigid. By the first century, however, the need for capable men to run Rome’s vast empire was slowly eroding the old social barriers. The social ...

They had jobs such as: 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 ...

Sometimes we forget just how vast the Roman Empire once was throughout the Mediterranean ... A place offering an incredible ...

Unbeknownst to a group of researchers digging near a small Italian town, a Christian basilica once stood in a Roman military colony. Thousands of years later, it was unearthed. The major discovery ...