A woman from the US state of Texas has handed in a 2,000-year-old Roman bust she bought four years ago in a second-hand store for US$34.99 (HK$275). In a post to her Instagram followers ...

This included financial aid after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD and reconstruction work in Rome ... wisely using this to calm the Roman mob during a time of economic hardship.

The simplest form of facial reconstruction involves adding realistic-looking skin, eyes and hair to Greek or Roman busts. Other methods can be more complicated. One of the most famous facial ...

He established the new, Flavian dynasty. Born to a Roman knight and tax-collector, Vespasian was a man of relatively humble origins and played on these roots to great political advantage.