Ancient Rome lasted 1,000 years ... It's a pre-Christian Judgment Day as a divine magistrate deliberates his case. A heavenly chamber orchestra plays as women in fine gowns and jewelry dance.

(Rome's Vestal Virgins enjoyed rights and privileges unavailable to other women.) The Men in Their LivesA first-century A.D. fresco from Pompeii shows a young girl being presented to a magistrate ...

AD, the Roman Empire stretched from Europe, Asia Minor and North Africa reaching its maximum size of roughly 5 million square kilometers.

This was a calendar of Roman magistrates and several significant events that took place between 49 B.C. and 175 A.D. A photo shows ruins at Ostia Antica, an ancient Roman city that lies to the ...

Magistrate: But which punishment? Pouring hot lead down your throat? No, that’s a waste of good metal. I sentence you to be pushed from a cliff. A painting of shops in a Roman street.

Ancient Rome lasted a thousand years ... It's a pre-Christian judgment day as a divine magistrate deliberates his case. A heavenly chamber orchestra plays as women in fine gowns and jewelry ...