"Roman Society" redirects here. For Roman society, see Culture of ancient Rome.
The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies (The Roman Society) was founded in 1910[1] as the sister society to the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies.
The Society is the leading organisation in the United Kingdom for those interested in the study of Rome and the Roman Empire. Its scope covers Roman history, archaeology, literature and art.
^Beard, Mary (4 June 2010). "Toga party and figs at the British Museum". The Times.
TheSociety for the Promotion of Roman Studies (TheRomanSociety) was founded in 1910 as the sister society to theSociety for the Promotion of Hellenic...
encompasses the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC, theRoman Kingdom (753–509 BC), Roman Republic (509–27 BC), Roman Empire (27...
culture of theRoman Republic, later theRoman Empire, which at its peak covered an area from present-day Lowland Scotland and Morocco to the Euphrates...
TheRoman Empire was the post-Republican state of ancient Rome. It is generally understood to mean the period and territory ruled by theRomans following...
control expanded from the city's immediate surroundings to hegemony over the entire Mediterranean world. Romansociety at the time was primarily a cultural...
throughout theRoman Empire, beginning in the 1st century AD and ending in the 4th century. Originally a polytheistic empire in the traditions of Roman paganism...
Roman law is the legal system of ancient Rome, including the legal developments spanning over a thousand years of jurisprudence, from the Twelve Tables...
auxiliaries, the army was the most important institution in theRoman world. According to theRoman historian Livy, the military was a key element in the rise...
Patricians were considered the upper class in early Romansociety. They controlled the best land and made up the majority of theRoman senate. It was rare—if...
in Romansociety. At all levels of employment, free working people, former slaves, and the enslaved mostly did the same kinds of jobs. Elite Romans whose...
day, highlight the different aspects of Romansociety and culture at the time, including advancements in Roman literature and theatre. Theatre during this...
The structural history of theRoman military concerns the major transformations in the organization and constitution of ancient Rome's armed forces, "the...
The growth of Christianity from its obscure origin c. 40 AD, with fewer than 1,000 followers, to being the majority religion of the entire Roman Empire...
and societies have developed from the veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary by members of the Catholic Church. These societies form part of the fabric...
participating in Romansociety. The principle that a person could become a citizen by law rather than birth was enshrined in Roman mythology; when Romulus...
cena. Among the lower classes of theRomansociety, these changes were less pronounced as the traditional routines corresponded closely to the daily rhythms...
Assa, The Great Roman Ladies, p. 45. Assa, The Great Roman Ladies, p. 51. Gaston Boissier, Cicero and his friends: a study of RomanSociety in the time...
TheRoman Forum, also known by its Latin name Forum Romanum (Italian: Foro Romano), is a rectangular forum (plaza) surrounded by the ruins of several important...
Roman civil wars – Wars involving theRoman Empire – Wars involving theRoman Republic – Romansociety Adoption in ancient Rome – Roman army – Roman assemblies...
The Lupanar (Latin for "brothel") is the ruined building of an ancient Roman brothel in the city of Pompeii. It is of particular interest for the erotic...
Ancient Roman technology is the collection of techniques, skills, methods, processes, and engineering practices which supported Roman civilization and...
practices, which were followed both by the people of Rome as well as those who were brought under its rule. TheRomans thought of themselves as highly religious...
The fall of the Western Roman Empire, also called the fall of theRoman Empire or the fall of Rome, was the loss of central political control in the Western...
A Roman dictator was an extraordinary magistrate in theRoman Republic endowed with full authority to resolve some specific problem to which he had been...
Roman numerals are a numeral system that originated in ancient Rome and remained the usual way of writing numbers throughout Europe well into the Late...
TheRoman era in the area of modern Wales began in 48 AD, with a military invasion by the imperial governor of Roman Britain. The conquest was completed...