The marbles in the Torlonia Collection have been inaccessible to the public for decades. Now, some of them will be exhibited ...

Among the items are sandals, pottery and Britain's largest collection of Roman writing tablets, bearing IOU notes and gossip ...

The Art Institute curator of the arts of Greece ... including many imperial portraits from the 2nd-century height of the Roman Empire, the western portion of which ended in 476.

The collection’s first stop is the Art Institute of Chicago ... B.C.E. with the reign of Augustus, the first Roman emperor, ...