Rome experienced some of it greatest economic and cultural dynamism under Nero's rule, and yet he's called everything from a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

An outstanding cast that includes names such as Denzel Washington, who plays Emperor Macrinus and has already been praised by critics, who note that he is eligible for the Academy Award for Best ...

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 ...