Women secured critical progress in the Roman republic. Their rights were rolled back with the republic's collapse.

History is filled with stories of remarkable women who shattered societal norms to become warriors and leaders. These courageous figures took command on the battlefield, challenged the patriarchy, and ...

Save for a few wisps of time-worn text and a bit of sharp-edged stone, little is left on this earth that tells the gladiatrix’s story. Thought to have battled during the first and second centuries C.E ...

In the 1870s a Viking trading post was discovered on the Swedish island of Björkö. Archaeologists unearthed a rich collection of burial chambers filled with amber, textiles, gold and silver. One ...

A museum in the United Kingdom has identified the Roman emperor Elagabalus to be a transgender woman. The North Hertfordshire Museum in Hitchin, a town north of London, said that the decision was ...