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 ...
Students of all periods of ancient history face the challenge of having to rely on the light cast by available evidence, and the latest addition to PBS’s Empires series, The Roman Empire in the First ...
Stephenson, a historian at the University of Durham, successfully combines historical documents, examples of Roman art, sculpture, and coinage with the lessons of geopolitics to produce a complex ...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, ...
Ancient Rome was a dangerous place to be an emperor. During its more than 500-year run, about 20 percent of Rome's 82 emperors were assassinated while in power. So, what led to their downfalls?
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