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 ...

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 ...

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.