Around the year 1900, a handful of Roman medical tools were fished from the Walbrook River, an underground waterway that snakes beneath London. A total of six instruments were found: a scalpel ...

Medical treatment in ancient Rome was both horrifically gruesome and, at times, highly effective. The Romans believed that diseases and natural catastrophes were ordained by the gods. So, the ...

Plebeians were average working citizens of Rome – farmers, bakers, builders or craftsmen – who worked hard to support their families and pay their taxes. Over the course of this period, early ...