York was originally a small Celtic settlement before the arrival of the Roman Empire, but it soon became one of the most ...

The start of imperial Rome is officially dated to 27 BCE, when Gaius Octavius Caesar was awarded the name Augustus, signaling ...

At the age of 36, the autocratic Augustus Caesar became Emperor and protector of some 50 million souls who inhabited a ...

Caligula was adored by the people of Rome, too, in part because of their love for Germanicus but also out of sympathy for the ...

As someone who’s studied Ancient Rome for years, I’ve recently been asked which Roman emperor was most like Donald Trump. In ...