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Roman Girls and Marriage in Ancient Rome
Article by Laura K.C. McCormack

Roman Girls and Marriage in Ancient Rome

In ancient Rome, the legally acceptable age for marriage for girls was twelve. Although in middle-class Roman society, the most common age of first marriage for a girl was mid-to-late teens, evidence also shows that in a section of elite...
Triumph of Titus
Image by Jean-Guillaume Moitte (Artist)

Triumph of Titus

A reconstructed relief panel from the original on the Arch of Titus, Rome, c. 81 CE. The scene, showing the triumph of Titus, is carved in three-quarter view and has Titus riding a four-horse chariot (quadriga) and shows him being crowned...
Posthumous bust of Caesar
Image by Carole Raddato

Posthumous bust of Caesar

The so-called Green Caesar, a posthumous bust showing Julius Caesar as a statesman dressed in a toga. Being idealised in contrast to earlier Caesar portraits, this portrait was adapted to the taste of the early Imperial Age. (Altes Museum...
Male with Diadem, Mummy Portrait, Hawara
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Male with Diadem, Mummy Portrait, Hawara

Mummy portrait of a dark curly-haired young man, from Hawara cemetery, Egypt. 1st-2nd centuries CE. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London (with thanks to The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL). The Petrie Museum has...
Male Mummy Mask from the Tomb of Aline
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Male Mummy Mask from the Tomb of Aline

This is a mummy mask of Aline's husband. His right hand grasps what appears to be a wreath or garland of rose petals. His arms are wrapped in a toga. The eyebrows are painted (not made of glass) while the eyeballs are made of white and black...
Memorial to a Roman Soldier
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Memorial to a Roman Soldier

Marble memorial to a soldier named Ares, who died at the age of 29 years. Both figures may represent Ares. On the left, he wears a military tunic and cloak, and makes offerings to Ares (the god of war) to bring victory. On the right he wears...
The day the Greeks invented vowels - History of Writing Systems #8 (The Alphabet)
Video by NativLang

The day the Greeks invented vowels - History of Writing Systems #8 (The Alphabet)

Your vowels were invented in Greece, giving birth to the first "true" alphabet. Watch as your new toga-clad friend turns your consonant abjad into a consonant-vowel alphabet. It's such a useful mapping of letters to sounds that neighbor...
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