At Villa Adriana, built by the emperor Hadrian in the second century A.D., these column surrounded a private retreat ringed by water. Susan Wright Photography In A.D. 143 or 144, when he was in ...

Several ancient Roman emperors loved Greece. As the Roman Empire consolidated, Greek culture, literature, politics, and art ...

Beneath the starched togas and the pungent fug of gladiator sweat there are real Romans waiting to be discovered. In new BBC Radio 4 series Being Roman, best-selling historian of the ancient world ...