An integral part of daily life in ancient Rome, the baths gave citizens of all classes the chance to mingle, gossip and relax. They were viewed as fundamental to Roman civilization and an obvious ...

Despite these differences, almost all citizens carefully observed the same rituals at dinner time – the rituals that made them Roman. The ancient Rome ... This was a house built around an ...

Many scholars have examined the ways in which ancient Roman house design emphasized views ... rituals or patterns of movement ...

Sifting through the ruins of an ancient city along ... served as the residence for a Roman dignitary, archaeologists said. The center of the house included an interior courtyard “around which ...