I don’t think about ancient Rome every day, but I’ll concede that the sword-and-sandals superpower does invade my thoughts from time to time. And this is the Up Wing question I frequently ponder: Why ...

Sometime around 100 AD, the Roman lawyer and aristocrat Pliny sent a letter to his third wife, Calpurnia – who was staying in a different part of Italy – to express how much he loved and missed her: I ...

This early introduction to ancient history helps students learn about people, places and environments, as they explore how ...

If you were to visit a bookshop in the ancient world, what would it be like? You don't just have to imagine it. The ancient Roman writer Aulus Gellius, who lived in the 2nd century CE, gives us a ...