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Toilette of a Roman Lady. Found in the collection of Museo del Prado, Madrid. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

What did they wear in Ancient Rome?

Comprising a large semi-circle of heavy woollen cloth, the Roman toga was a deeply impractical garment. (Photo By DEA/A.DE GREGORIO/De Agostini via Getty Images)

Q&ADid Ancient Roman togas have pockets?

The history of birthday presents dates back to the Roman period. (Photo by Lambert/Fototrove/Getty Images Plus)

Q&AWhen did people start giving birthday presents?

Bust of young Caligula. Did he really make his horse a lawmaker of Rome? (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

Q&ADid Caligula really make his horse a senator?

Bronze statue of a she-wolf suckling twin brothers Romulus and Remus, the main characters of Rome's foundation myth. (Photo By DEA/G NIMATALLAH/De Agostini/Getty Images)

10 key Roman dates you need to know

Early 20th century image showing a tribune in the Roman Republic. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

Elections in the late Roman Republic: how did they work?.

A group of men wearing togas assault Julius Caesar in this painting depicting his assassination.

Violence, rebellion and sexual exploitation: the darker side of Ancient Rome

Illustration by Jonty Clark

Ye olde travel guide: Rome 192 AD.

The history of today.

A Pompeii mural depicting a slave, in the Naples Museum. (Photo by Sites & Photos/Capture Ltd/ Alamy Stock Photo)

In Ancient Rome, what was the law of the twelve tables?

The Sultanahmet district in Istanbul, Turkey, which is classified as World Heritage by UNESCO. (Photo by DOZIER Marc via Getty Images)

A new civilisation rises.

Schama on 'Civilisations'.

The Terracotta Warriors.

In pictures: The Terracotta Warriors

What’s the real history behind ‘Britannia’?

In ‘Venus Uncovered’ on BBC Four, Wednesday 15 November at 9pm, Bettany Hughes investigates the mythological figure of Venus. (© Sandstone Global/Image by Tim Knight)

Bettany Hughes on the symbol of Venus

Great Court, British Museum, Bloomsbury, London. (Getty Images)

Heaven… on Earth.

Niall Ferguson. (Photo by David Levenson/Getty Images)

Niall Ferguson on The Square and the Tower.

Historian and broadcaster Bettany Hughes. (Channel 5)

Eight Days That Made Rome: behind the scenes with historian Bettany Hughes

Christianity and the classical world.

Sveti Georgi (St George) a Roman-era church is Sofia's oldest preserved building

ExploreSofia, Bulgaria: an emperor’s home from Rome.

Hannibal’s war elephants are defeated at the Battle of Zama in 202 BC. (AKG)

How Hannibal beat the Alps but couldn't beat Rome.

My history heroNick Knowles chooses Julius Caesar (100–44 BC).

Myth-making and belonging: the coins of the Roman provinces.

The Celts: unpicking the mystery.

A history of Istanbul.

Bettany Hughes on the history of Istanbul.

Roman ruins in Ancient Ostia with the tenements of Serapide

FeatureFive facts about Roman insulae

Theodora was an Eastern Roman empress by marriage to emperor Justinian.(Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

Theodora: from prostitution to empress of the eastern Roman empire

A Roman relief showing a market scene

A handbook to shopping in ancient Rome.