Being a Roman emperor was a risky job. It wasn't unusual for emperors to be killed by usurpers wanting to remove them from power. They also faced many health challenges, such as death from epidemics ...

In 2023, a viral TikTok question brought an ancient empire back to the forefront of our culture's consciousness. The question: "How often do you think about the Roman Empire?" The results were ...

Stephenson, a historian at the University of Durham, successfully combines historical documents, examples of Roman art, sculpture, and coinage with the lessons of geopolitics to produce a complex ...

Once we detach Revelation from the idea of a non-existent, lethal persecution under Domitian, so much falls into place. Bust of Roman emperor Domitian. Musée du Louvre, Paris. (photo: Photo: Sailko, ...

Any city awaiting a visit from a Roman emperor would have thrummed with anticipation, but for Athenians in A.D. 124, the expectation was even greater. Hadrian, whose realm stretched from Britain to ...

This, however, is but a part of what the title promises and the book performs. I’he facts ol the Emperor’s life are related as hilly as scanty sources will allow; and the scraps of information have ...

This story is a collaboration with Biography.com. Archaeologists have made a groundbreaking discovery in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius: the long-hidden villa that may mark the final resting place of ...