The boundaries between the different classes were strict and ... of these greeters helped determine social status. On the frontiers of the empire, Roman generals served as patroni for the people ...

Members of Trump’s coterie are obsessed with ancient Rome and its collapse. But their interpretation of Roman history is ...

The Emperor Augustus recognized the importance of the equestrians, reorganized them into a military class and encouraged others to join. Now Roman citizens of any social level could become ...

Patrician families made up the ruling class, meaning they were in jobs ... that up to 10 per cent of the population of the Roman Empire were enslaved people. They had no legal rights in ancient ...

Learn more about how income inequality may increase the potential for political instability and may have led to the collapse of the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty.