Roman women

A detailed marble relief shows several robed figures standing in a tight group around a cylindrical structure. Each figure has carefully carved drapery and expressive faces, with some holding scrolls or objects that suggest scholarly or religious roles.

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Friends, Romans, citizens: why Rome opened its doors to people across the empire. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Cicero denounces plot organised by Catiline to take the power, mural painting by Cesare Maccari.

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The people of Roman Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A photo of Mary Beard, smiling and looking towards the camera, standing between open gates.

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Reviving Roman voices: Mary Beard on the remarkable life of one woman. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Fulvia gleefully posing with Cicero’s severed head, in an 1898 painting by Pavel Svedomsky. Whether or not she pierced his tongue with hairpins is the subject of debate (Photo by CBW / Alamy Stock Photo)

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Fulvia: the maligned wife of politicians who made herself the power broker of ancient Rome. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Blood, sweat & marble: examining ancient bodies. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A third-century monument of a Roman woman having her hair styled by slaves, from Germany. High-status women on the frontiers, including at Hadrian's Wall, tried to follow the latest Roman fashions (Photo by DEA / M. BORCHI / Getty Images)

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Roman Britain: what six objects can reveal about life for women at Hadrian’s Wall. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Pompeii wall painting depicting an erotic satyr and nymph

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In bed with the Romans: a brief history of sex in Ancient Rome

An ancient Roman relief shows a midwife delivering a baby. Many midwives had other occupations, and undertook the task as a contribution to their community. (Wellcome Images)

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Call the (Roman) midwife

Marble bust of Agrippina the Younger

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Agrippina the Younger: the first true empress of Ancient Rome

Agrippina the Younger. (Photo by Alamy)

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Agrippina the Younger: a Roman woman of great power. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

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What did they wear in Ancient Rome?

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

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

Historian and broadcaster Bettany Hughes. (Channel 5)

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

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

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Theodora: from prostitution to empress of the eastern Roman empire