Across the last 10,000 years, inequality has followed no single path. Instead of a straight rise tied to farming, population ...

The ancient Rome that remains today is one of fabulous marble buildings, built with superb skill to enormous scale. It is impressive now – it would have been even more impressive 2,000 years ago.

The oldest of these houses was Roman, occupied until the third century; the second and third houses were Byzantine. ( 8 things people get wrong about ancient Rome.