In Mary Beard’s book, she examines twenty-nine of ancient Rome’s emperors beginning with Julius Caesar and ending with Alexander Severus, who ruled from 222 until 235 C.E.

Emperor Hadrian (76 CE – 138 CE) was the Roman emperor from 117 CE to 138 CE, succeeding his adoptive father, Emperor Trajan. Born as Publius Aelius Hadrianus in Italica, Hispania (modern-day Spain), ...

Historians record that the unified Roman Empire was ruled by 69 emperors between the first emperor Augustus (who reigned from 27 B.C. to A.D. 14) and Theodosius (ruled from A.D. 379 to 395), but ...

Dome of the octagonal room, Emperor Nero’s Domus Aurea in Rome, Italy. Credit: Mariordo / CC BY-SA 4.0 Archaeologists working at the Domus Aurea, Emperor Nero’s grand palace in ancient Rome, have ...

Archaeologists have struck actual gold in the village of Holztem in Parc Hosingen, Luxembourg—unearthing a trove of 141 ancient Roman coins worth more than €300,000 ($310,000). The four-year ...

The self-appointed French ‘emperor’ had brought to an end the 1000-year-old Holy Roman Empire; the former Emperor Francis II found himself reduced merely to Emperor Francis I of the Austro ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family greeted New Year’s well-wishers who gathered at the Imperial ...

The found gold coins depict different Roman emperors. Source: National Institute of Archaeological Research (INRA) Archaeologists have discovered a Roman treasure dating back to the second half of the ...

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Situated beyond S. Giovanni, due east of the city centre, Pigneto is primarily a ...