They performed before thousands and could become celebrities, yet actors in ancient Rome were stripped of their civic rights.

CHICAGO — Some 2,000 years ago, elite Roman families stuffed their closets with wax masks made in the likeness of their male ancestors so that during funeral processions actors could fill in for the ...

Over the weekend, the Roman Empire became viral over TikTok, Twitter (now masquerading as “X”), and in general social media discourse. The reason? Posters started pointing out that men devote a ...