Two nearly life-size statues have been discovered inside a cemetery in Pompeii, the ancient Roman city destroyed by Mount Vesuvius ... The male figure wears a simple toga, while the woman wears a ...

The social structure of ancient Rome was based on heredity ... Only the emperor was allowed to wear a purple toga, while senators could wear a white toga with the latus clavus, a broad purple ...

The man is wearing a toga indicating that he is a Roman citizen. Both are depicted ... in an exhibition that focuses on womanhood in ancient Pompeii, which will open on April 16.

They had no legal rights in ancient Rome and they were considered to be ... In other contests the animals were killed by gladiators. The toga, a large piece of cloth that was draped over a tunic ...

Life-sized statues of a man and a woman were discovered in a tomb in Pompeii, researchers said, thousands of years after a deadly volcano wiped out the ancient Roman city. Researchers say the nearly ...