While the coins were buried during Nero's reign, some of them were minted earlier. All but one of the coins in the hoard are ...

Claudius becomes Roman Emperor on the assassination of his nephew Caligula by the Praetorian Guard. 1121: Henry I marries ...

ZDF Studios has picked up the global distribution rights to the six-part history series Ancient Betrayals.

Elite Roman soldiers served as Praetorian Guards, who were bodyguards, counterintelligence, military intelligence, and crowd control. Engraving published 1882 ...

Among the reasons for the Empire's failure was the leadership at the very top. From around 200-400 AD, the later Emperors frequently rose to and fell from office, with struggles for power becoming ...

Ryse is a gritty, visceral action game that draws gamers into the epic times of the Roman Empire.

Throughout the film, Macrinus overthrows the Roman emperors ... When the general is killed in the arena by the Praetorian Guard, Lucius, who once hated the man, sharply criticizes the crowd ...

For example, he gained control over the Praetorian Guards, Rome’s elite troops, by first making the leader of the Roman Senate personally indebted to him. When he subsequently asked for the ...