The roar of the arena crowd, the bustle of the Roman forum, the grand temples, the Roman army in red with glistening shields ...

Life in Ancient Rome may seem glamorous through the lens of historical achievements, but beneath the grandeur was a world marked by disturbing customs, questionable hygiene, and gritty realities.

A hair-raising display of at least 50 ancient tweezers in addition to other bathing, beauty, and medicinal artifacts by a new museum in Wroxeter, a city of Roman Britain, zeroes in on some of the ...