The legions of the Roman Republic set out to subdue the Mediterranean world in the name of the city. Rome’s military leaders ...

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 ...

Who truly was the greatest Roman emperor of all time? From Augustus, the founder of imperial Rome, to Constantine XI, the last defender of Constantinople, this ranking explores the leaders who defined ...

This video explains why naming the last Roman emperor is more complicated than it first appears. It compares several candidates, including Theodosius I, the last rulers of the Western Roman Empire, ...

This edition of History In A Nutshell travels back to antiquity; to some of the earliest days of Western Civilization: Ancient Rome! This expose briefly covers the rise and fall of Rome, including: ...

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ROME (Reuters) - Rome, a city that thinks in millennia, is going through a bout of "Augustus fever" to mark the 2,000th anniversary of the death of its first emperor, who left his mark on Rome and ...

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 ...