Ancient Rome maintains a grip on pop culture, from Hollywood blockbusters to video games. Since its establishment in 31 B.C., the Roman Empire exerted its influence throughout the Mediterranean and ...
An Antonine emperor from half a millenium later follows, and then we have a figure of a terracotta horseman from the Byzantine period, the name used for the Eastern part of the Roman Empire, which was ...
The exhibition is organised into three chapters, over three rooms: the promise, the practice and the preservation of democracy. The first looks at the way societies have idealised democracy, ...