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1) A day in the life of a young heir to the throne. In this delightful letter, a twenty-something Marcus Aurelius describes his day:"Today I worked at my studies from

1) The Gemma Constantiniana is an astonishing work of Roman art but its journey across the millennia has been every bit as incredible: a tale of crusades, plunder, fantastic voyages,

Up to 200,000 spectators pack into Rome's Circus Maximus for a day of thrills in the Empire's greatest sports stadium. Before the chariot races begin the crowd watch a flamboyant

1/5) This man was violently killed in 2nd century Roman London; forensic science and the study of Ancient DNA tells us a remarkable amount about his life and death: he

Thread: A breathtaking aerial view of Nero's vast Domus Aurea, completed in 68 AD. Nero's sprawling urban pleasure-palace covered by some estimates over 300 acres of central Rome, on real

1) An ancient Roman-dinosaur-monster-bones thread! Yes you read that right - did you know the Romans were keen fossil hunters, fascinated by the bones of ancient "monsters". Augustus liked to

1/3) When Titius Sabinus, a friend of Germanicus, was condemned to death by Tiberius in 28 AD, his dog could not be driven away from the prison door - but

1) 'A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia' - a truly momentous book giving many their first glimpse of the New World and its Native

1) It's easy to forget that the ancient world was made up of real people with familiar hopes and fears; where life for many was a daily struggle against poverty,

1) Roman medicine offered many amazing treatments - perhaps this thread can help find a cure for your nagging ailments?Firstly, to ensure the health of small infants they should be

1) A thread of fate and fortune that will make you ask "..can it really be?" A little-known treasure of glittering gold whose discovery almost seems to defy belief. This

1) A stranger than fiction Roman ring mystery thread: this enigmatic Roman gold ring was found in a ploughed field near Silchester in 1785. The square bezel has a portrait