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5 days ago · Many of the most powerful women in Ancient Rome emerged from the Julio-Claudian dynasty, the family that ruled the empire from 27 BCE to 68 CE. These women often gained influence through their relationships with male relatives, particularly as mothers, wives, and sisters of emperors.
5 days ago · May 26, 2024. In the male-dominated world of ancient Rome, the Vestal Virgins stood out as a remarkable exception. These priestesses of Vesta, goddess of the hearth, were the only women to hold full-time religious office in the city.
2 days ago · Discover the fascinating stories of Ancient Rome's most powerful women in our latest documentary. From virtuous matriarchs to cunning plotters, these ten wom...
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4 days ago · Hadrian’s Wall in modern-day England marked one of the northern borders of the Roman Empire. But excavations along the wall are bringing to light a hidden history of the army and the Roman ...
2 days ago · Toward the end of the year of his praetorship, a scandal was caused by Publius Clodius in Caesar’s house at the celebration there of the rites, for women only, of Bona Dea (a Roman deity of fruitfulness, both in the Earth and in women). Caesar consequently divorced Pompeia.
- Julius Caesar's family was old Roman nobility, but they were not rich. His father died when he was 16, but he received significant support from his...
- Julius Caesar was a political and military genius who overthrew Rome’s decaying political order and replaced it with a dictatorship. He triumphed i...
- Julius Caesar was murdered in the Roman Senate House by a group of nobles on March 15, 44 BCE. The assassination plot was led by Gaius Cassius Long...
- Julius Caesar crafted an alliance with Marcus Licinius Crassus and Pompey to form the First Triumvirate and challenge the power of the Roman Senate...
3 days ago · Roman people. The Roman people was the collective body of Roman citizens ( Latin: Rōmānī; Ancient Greek: Ῥωμαῖοι Rhōmaîoi) [a] during the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic, and the Roman Empire. This concept underwent considerable changes throughout the long history of the Roman civilisation, as its borders expanded and contracted.
2 days ago · The period was marked by vast expansion of Roman territory. During the 5th century BC, Rome gained regional dominance in Latium. With the Punic Wars from 264 to 146 BC, ancient Rome gained dominance over the Western Mediterranean, displacing Carthage as the dominant regional power.
