Textiles are a rare piece of material culture from the ancient world, but they can tell us a lot about ancient societies and everyday life.

Dido, the legendary queen of Carthage, and her relationship with the hero Aeneas are explored in Virgil's Aeneid and Ovid's Heroides.

Saturnalia might sound a world away from its successor Christmas but in this article we explore the evolution the two winter festivals

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