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Alice Roberts: “Christianity didn’t invent itself as an empire from nothing: it adapted existing Roman structures”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

This bas-relief fragment from the Ptolemaic period portrays Cleopatra VII, the last active ruler of ancient Egypt. As both a Greek-speaking monarch and a pharaoh, Cleopatra embodied the cultural fusion of Hellenistic Egypt

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On the steps of a sacred temple, Cleopatra's feud with her sister came to a blood-soaked end

How Christianity came to dominate the Roman world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

On a green background, there is a sketch of a human pyramid of people in togas, all balancing fruit on their heads, arms and feet

Be neighbourly like a Pompeian. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

This floor mosaic from a Roman villa in Carthage depicts a boy hunting leopards

Could today’s kids survive in ancient Rome? Here’s the harsh reality of life as a Roman child

Paint your own pot, like an ancient Etruscan. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Fun, fear and flatbread: childhood in ancient Rome. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

In this early 20th-century illustration, Roman Emperor Nero watches the Great Fire of Rome in AD 64 from the Tower of Maecenas, said to be singing of Troy’s destruction. Though likely apocryphal, such stories helped shape Nero’s enduring reputation for cruelty and excess.

One of ancient Rome’s most notorious emperors murdered his own mother, and there's a dark reason why

Caesar's funeral drama: anger and revenge after death. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How to wage war like a Roman. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Roman warfare: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Archaeologist Buzz Busby alongside two Roman swords.

A hidden Roman villa? A pair of "remarkable" swords might have just unlocked its ancient secrets

This mosaic from the Villa Romana del Casale in Sicily depicts women exercising — a rare glimpse of female leisure in the Roman Empire. (Photo by Getty Images)

Are you healthier than a Roman? These ancient secrets for longevity are still shockingly relevant

A mosaic of servants or enslaved people making preparations for a Roman feast.

You probably eat these foods every day, so why did the ancient Romans think they were disgusting poison?

Ancient tips for health and happiness. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A white marble sculpture of a man holding his arms across his chest, holding his shoulders

Rome's worst nightmare: the story of Spartacus. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A replica of a Roman mosaic of the Baths of Ocriculum. It shows Triton and Nereid speaking. (Photo by Getty Images)

“She returned smelling of smoke and sex:” why powerful Roman women were branded nymphomaniacs

A battle between the ancient Greeks and the Amazons, detailed on pottery. (Photo by Getty Images)

Meet the people the ancient Romans and Greeks desperately tried to hide

Were Roman women done dirty by modern translations?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An aerial shot of a large expanse of green land with layered edges; the site of Maiden Castle hillfort

The Romans were blamed for massacring these Iron Age warriors. But did they actually murder themselves?

A mosaic panel depicting Roman wrestlers.

How the Romans "reversed circumcision" and 5 other shocking medical realities from the ancient empire

Fulvia: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Cleopatra, Julius Caesar and Mark Antony: how the last pharaoh's love affairs shaped Ancient Egypt's fate

A colourised depiction of Julius Caesar wearing a laurel wreath and an armour.

The shockingly simple question historian Tom Holland would ask Julius Caesar

An ancient bas-relief from Capri depicts Tiberius – the second Roman emperor – and his lover. His scandalous reputation owes much to the work of Suetonius.

Monsters of Rome: do emperors such as Nero and Caligula deserve their reputations?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Painting of Polyhymnia

You've been getting Roman togas wrong your whole life - here's why

The assassination of Julius Caesar on the 'Ides of March'.

Q&AWhy do we need to beware the Ides of March?

Wolfmen and amazons: why did the Greeks and Romans demonise their neighbours?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Roman medicine: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What did the Romans wear?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.