“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.” ...

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.

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 ...