Class struggle isn’t a modern invention — it’s been with us for thousands of years. Sarah Bond is a professor of classics at the University of Iowa and the author of Strike: Labor, Unions, and ...

In ancient Rome, the wealthy patricians ran the empire. The second-class plebeians worked the farms, baked the bread and built the walls. The rest of the workforce—a full third of the Roman ...

Since it was started in 1797, the sublime, the vainglorious and the ancient have merged and blended to make Villa Torlonia one of the most intriguing and exquisite examples of 18th century ...

In ancient Rome, however, diet varied based on social class and where a person lived. Ancient texts have plenty to say about lavish Roman feasts. The wealthy could afford exotic fruits and ...

Career Social Class and Bread In ancient Rome the shade of your bread indicated your social standing. Posted September 25, 2013 ...

The Roman Empire began in 27 B.C. and fell in A.D. 476. And in A.D. 2023, it went viral on TikTok. In posts shared on social media, women have been asking the men in their lives how often they ...