Why did the Western Roman Empire truly fall? For centuries, Rome stood as one of the most powerful and stable civilizations ...
When did the Roman Empire truly end? Most people point to 476 AD. But the reality is far more complicated. Roman rule, ...
The Senate continued to meet in Rome just as it had for nearly a millennium. Latin remained the language of administration.
When it comes to Roman Emperors and their fate, a big mystery appears that has baffled historians and archaeologists alike ...
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 ...
What did it mean to be an emperor in ancient Rome? That is the question that Mary Beard sought to answer in her 2023 book, “Emperor of Rome.” She wrote, “Everyone then, including emperors, was trying ...
A bronze statue of a Roman emperor on horseback. Where it is from: Rome, Italy. When it was made: Circa A.D. 1 ...
In AD 9, three Roman legions suffered a massacre in a region of Germania undergoing pacification. In the years that followed several attempts were made to capture or kill the German mastermind, ...
Why was the first century so turbulent? The first answer is simple: hereditary rule. For most of this period, emperors were not chosen on the basis of their ability or honesty, but simply because they ...