Lots of children died back in Roman times - of disease, or accident, or just because they didn't have enough to eat. Life was pretty tough then. Discipline for children was very firm in Roman ...

Life for women in Roman times was often hard. Women ran the home, cooking and raising the children. In wealthy families, enslaved people often did this work. Discipline for children was very firm ...

Around 25 percent of babies in the first century AD did not survive their first year and up to half of all children would die before the age of 10. As a result, the Roman state gave legal rewards ...