Historian David Soria dedicates a monumental biography, with special emphasis on military matters, to the first Caesar of ...

“Call me not Lord, for I am a Lady,” she even told one of her lovers, according to Roman chronicler Cassius Dio. The historian also wrote that Elagabalus was “termed wife, mistress and queen.” ...

Nine of the worst Roman emperors, known for madness, violence, corruption, and misrule, ultimately pushed the Roman Empire ...

The Western Roman Empire famously ended in A.D. 476 when its last emperor abdicated the throne. But the city of Rome ...

If not for Nero, Caligula would easily be rated the Roman Empire's worst emperor, but his notorious reputation might deserve another look. Caligula was so hated by his own men that they ...

Archaeologists believe the fort was established by Emperor Caligula, who ruled Rome between A.D. 12 and A.D. 41, for a failed attempt to take Britannia around A.D. 40.

One of the funniest works of Roman literature to survive—and the only one that has ever made me laugh out loud—is a skit, written by the philosopher Seneca, about the Emperor Claudius ...

He ascended to the throne in 161 CE, just a few years before the Marcomannic Wars (166-180 CE) – the Marcomanni were Germanic tribes – which would shake the Roman Empire to its foundations.

A software model from Google DeepMind put a more precise date on an important Latin text credited to a Roman emperor as a ...

A rare Arabic inscription from the Crusades has been deciphered, with scientists finding the marble slab bears the name of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, a colorful Christian ruler known for ...