In June of the year 68, the emperor Nero, on learning that the Roman Senate had declared him a public enemy, plunged a dagger into his throat (with the loyal assistance of his private secretary).

Mary Beard traces the profile of the Roman emperor. In her new book, the author of ‘SPQR’ dispenses with masculine power fantasies to explore what it took to rule Rome.

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.

Click here to see the longest reigning Roman emperors. 24/7 Tempo has assembled a list of the 25 Roman emperors with the longest reigns by consulting the Britannica ’s timeline and individual ...

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 ...

After the emperor Commodus' assassination in A.D. 192 (instigated by the leader of the Praetorian Guard), the Roman Empire entered a period known as the "Year of the Five Emperors." ...

EMPEROR OF ROME: Ruling the Ancient Roman World, by Mary Beard If social media is to be believed, men can’t stop thinking about the Roman Empire , particularly its “alpha male” elements.

The Ridley Scott sequel Gladiator II weaves in and out of the historical record. Here’s what really happened to Lucius Verus, Lucilla, Macrinus, the twin emperors, and more.

When workers began excavating a new parking garage in Rome, they discovered what archeologists say was once Emperor Caligula's "pleasure gardens." Anderson Cooper reports on the find and the ...

At age 14, Bassianus became emperor of Rome and assumed the name Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus in A.D. 218. From that moment, his short, chaotic reign would scandalize Rome.