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Bettany Hughes on the history of Istanbul. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

Roman amphitheatre in Caerleon, Wales. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

History Explorer: The Roman army in Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Peter Snow’s six most important documents in history

Roman silver denarius coins AD 72 till 200 and were offered up at the beginning of the 4th century AD, from the Nydan Bog archaeological site. (Photo by Clare Rowan)

From bes to Bitcoin: alternative currencies in the ancient Roman world

Yangguan Museum and a statue of Zhang Qian. (Getty Images)

Global encounters of the ancient kind

The history of... re-enacting battles

Gold medallion of Constantius I, from the mint of Trier. It depicts Constantius celebrating his victory over Alectus in AD 296. Constantius is shown on a horse at the gates of London, welcomed by Britannia. (Photo by CM Dixon/Print Collector/Getty Images)

The LibraryThe first British Empire

A combo picture of two images taken 13 August 2002 at Cairo Museum shows a foot of a mummy missing its big toe and beside it a prosthetic toe of leather and wood to replace the amputated real one. (Photo by Marwan Naamani/AFP/Getty Images)

Q&AHow long have people used prosthetic limbs?

A marble bust of the Emperor Hadrian who ruled from AD 117 to 138

Hadrian's travels

A group of five marble busts of typical early Roman citizens. The empire expanded by absorbing the peoples it defeated, giving rights and obligations to former outsiders. (Photo by Gjon Mili/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Mary Beard on why Rome ruled the world

Roman garden at the House of the Golden Cupids, Pompeii. (Linda Farrar)

A guide to ancient gardening

A portrait of Babur, founder of the Mughal dynasty which ruled over much of India from 1526 to 1858. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

How people make the past. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Roman women on a fresco from Pompeii

Q&ACould women in Ancient Rome hold any power?

A global view of history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Photo of a statue of Boudicca

Q&AIs Boudica buried at Platform 9¾?

Mary Beard’s Ultimate Rome: an interview about her new BBC series

Ancient Rome special. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Books interview with Mary Beard. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

17 unmissable battles podcasts

A 1985 production of 'Julius Caesar'. For all their despotism, Romans thanked their first three emperors for delivering them from the curse of civil war. (Photo by Jean-Jacques BERNIER/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

The glorious Caesars

Black and white image depicting engraving of Julius Caesar.

Q&AWhat is the earliest evidence for a battle in Britain?

Vulcan caught Venus and Mars in a net and shows them to the laughing Gods. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images)

Religion in ancient Rome: what did they believe?

Life of the Week: Romulus Augustus

Roman emperors and women through the ages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Pearly queens

Q&AWhy does Britain have so many accents?

Showering, teeth brushing and donning underwear: the strange history of our daily routine

A portrait of Elizabeth I.

The enchanting history of charisma