Maps, photographs, illustrations, and text provide information on the history of the Roman world, discussing the civilizations, literature, arts, religions, medicine, people, governments, and traditions that help shape the region's history.
Flavia, Jonathan, Nubia, and Lupus work together within the rules of the ancient Roman legal system to prove the innocence of Hephzibah, a slave in a wealthy household who has been accused of murder, but the witnesses are killed before they can testify before the magistrate.
Examines the lives and culture of the people of the Roman Empire, discussing clothing, society, homes, work, food and drink, the military, and other topics; and includes instructions for a variety of related craft projects.
Provides a social history of life in the Roman Empire at its most powerful, from 27 BCE to 200 CE, and includes descriptions of the ruling classes, the peasantry, and the urban dwellers.