An integral part of daily life in ancient Rome, the baths ... finish work around the middle of the afternoon and make their way to the baths. Men of all social classes mixed freely together.

Each insula consisted of around half a dozen living spaces for Rome’s middle class and poorer citizens, the plebs, as well as shops and businesses on the ground floor. An insula (the Latin word for ...

Julia introduces a narrative episode about two children growing up in Ancient Rome. Felix and Augusta are brother and sister in a middle-class family. It is early morning and Felix is getting ...