For most of this period, emperors were not chosen on the basis ... many smaller players – like Titus, Galba or Vitellius – barely had time to try on the imperial robes before they died.

Once in Italy, they found themselves facing Vitellius’ army ... he joked, mocking the Roman tendency to turn dead emperors into gods, "I think I'm becoming a god." Vespasian had brought Rome ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Sex Simulator: Roman Emperor An interactive SEX SIMULATION game with VISUAL NOVEL elements, featuring HD GRAPHICS and hot ANIMATIONS. Play the role of a ...

Nero, who ruled from A.D. 54 to 68, is often remembered as one of history’s most notorious emperors, his reputation steeped ...

Researchers have now established that he was a lost Roman emperor An ancient gold coin proves that a third century Roman emperor written out of history as a fictional character really did exist ...

Joseph Quinn joins the cast as Emperor Geta, one-half of the absolutely tyrannical leaders the Empire now has. He’s the more ...

A museum is to relabel its display about a Roman emperor after concluding that he was in fact a trans woman. North Hertfordshire Museum will now refer to emperor Elagabalus with the female ...

This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. The emperor Hadrian was well known for building monuments across the Roman Empire, a territory that ...

The Roman emperor Nero is known as one of history’s most brutal and eccentric leaders. He is said to have killed his mother, stepbrother and wives, persecuted Christians and squandered a fortune ...

How was the Roman emperor viewed by his subjects? How strongly did their perception of his role shape his behaviour? Adopting a fresh approach, Panayiotis Christoforou focuses on the emperor from the ...

Emperor Augustus was the first Roman emperor. He took control of the empire after a power struggle with Mark Antony following the assassination of Julius Caesar. His army conquered Spain and land ...