Slavery was once the backbone of the Roman economy, making it the largest slave-holding civilization the world had ever ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A bedroom "assigned to slaves" was discovered by archaeologists near Pompeii. The room at the Civita Giuliana villa sheds light on ...

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Roman slavery looked a bit different than we tend to imagine. In fact, the latest finds from Pompeii suggest that some of the volcanically-preserved port city’s slaves savored delicacies like beans ...

When Allison Emmerson tells people that she studies Pompeii, she usually gets the same response: “‘Hasn’t that been done? What else is there to know?’” But, as she points out, there’s “an endless ...

A Roman slave girl in ancient Gaul, Blandine endured torture, lions and scorn to bear witness to Christ — and became a pillar of Christian courage. St. Blandine and Companions are observed as an ...

One of the most persistent myths about history is that it's boring and static. When people think of history, oftentimes, they dismiss it as simply events that happened long ago. This view discounts ...

Our image of Rome, with its efficient infrastructures and splendid architectural works, is inextricably linked to the names ...

Archaeologists explain the ongoing excavations at Pompeii and new findings about Vesuvius’ eruption date, slavery and daily life for ancient Romans. Photo from the Archaeological Park of Pompeii When ...