Equestrian togas had a narrow purple stripe (clavus augustus). Roman society also involved a system of patronage. Members of the upper classes – the patroni – offered protection to freedmen or ...

An ancient Roman mosaic, known as the Roman Mosaic of Panxón, returned to the Spanish city of Nigrán after centuries and a long journey around the world. The municipal government of Nigrán is ...

The Seasons Mosaic was found in Dyer Street, Cirencester in 1849. It dates to the mid 2nd century and is one of the most impressive pavements ever found in Roman Britain. The mosaic depicts the ...

The city of Rome has been looted, the land is crawling with barbarians, and the Roman Empire ... the mosaics here are purely ...