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Empress Fulvia Plautilla, wife of the Roman Emperor Caracalla, 202-205 CE. (Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome)

Cuicul (modern Djémila in Algeria) was a veteran colony established under Roman emperor Nerva (r. 96-98 CE) in a mountainous area between Cirta (modern Constantine) and Sitifis (modern Sétif). Originally a tiny walled town of c. 7 ha (17...

Julia Domna, Empress and wife of Roman Emperor Lucius Septimius Severus, c. 193 CE. (Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen)

Augustus is well known for being the first Emperor of Rome, but even more than that, for being a self-proclaimed “Restorer of the Republic.” He believed in ancestral values such as monogamy, chastity, and piety (virtue). Thus, he introduced...

Family planning was a topic of vital importance in the ancient Mediterranean. Some of the earliest medical literature from ancient Greece and Rome deals with fertility and reproductive health. Among the numerous treatments and procedures...

Roman Baths were designed for bathing and relaxing and were a common feature of cities throughout the Roman empire. Baths included a wide diversity of rooms with different temperatures, as well as swimming pools and places to read, relax...

The Baths of Trajan were built. on Esquiline hill ridge (Oppian) near the the Baths of Titus, with a magnificent view of the. Colosseum. Remarkably, Trajan's baths set a new standard for size and scale, comprising an area of 250 X 210 meters...

The conflicts between the Empires of Iran and Rome started as soon as their borders collided and continued for many centuries starting with the Parthian triumph over the triumvir Crassus at Carrhae all the way to the bloody war of 602-628...

The Severan Forum and Temple of the Gens Septimia were built outside the original city walls of Cuicul (modern Djémila in Algeria) in the early 3rd century CE. This Square of the Severan family (r. 193-235 CE), located at the heart of the...

Museum of Djemila (Roman Cuicul in modern-day Algeria): The Museum is to the left on entering the site and, as ever, is best visited before the ruins. At quiet times, it is kept locked, but will be opened if you ask at the entrance to the...