Discovered on accident in Rimini, Italy, this surgeon’s house and the hooks, scalpels, and mortars inside have expanded what we knew about ancient medicine.

Despite these differences, almost all citizens carefully observed the same rituals at dinner time – the rituals that made them Roman ... This was a house built around an unroofed courtyard ...

They were viewed as fundamental to Roman civilization and an obvious example of Rome’s superiority to the rest of the world. Every day, Romans would finish work around the middle of the ...