The Arch of Titus is one of the most magnificent ancient monuments surviving in Rome and offers a fascinating insight into ...

Even if you ruled an empire, you would need to remind yourself not to be angry or surprised when others don't measure up to ...

What comes to mind when you think about the kind of Roman Emperor who managed to establish an indestructible empire?

In 27 BCE, Octavian became the first Roman emperor, Augustus Caesar. In his Lives of the Caesars, the Roman writer Seutonius describes how Octavian exacted revenge for the death of Julius Caesar by ...

Following the enactment, the group solemnly carried the “body of the assassinated emperor” through the streets of Rome, passing through iconic landmarks such as the Roman Forum and the Altare Della ...

It features 622 sculptures, including sarcophagi, statues of deities and marble busts of Roman emperors. After being locked away for much of the 20th century, the collection toured Europe in a ...

Caesar’s adopted son and heir Octavian ultimately emerged victorious in the ensuing power struggles, and in 27 B.C.E., he took the new name Augustus and became Rome’s first emperor. With that, the ...

Croatia In 301 A.D., the Emperor Diocletian made a bold but ultimately unsuccessful bid to address the inflation that was rampaging across the eastern half of the divided Roman Empire. Prices of ...

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Originally built in AD70 and then expended in AD90 – 120, London’s Roman basilica was a building unlike any ... destroyed by Rome as a punishment for London supporting the rogue emperor Carausius.

Septimius's other archSeen here in close-up, embellishments stand out on Emperor Septimius Severus’s arch in the Roman Forum. Made of travertine faced with marble, the elaborately decorated arch ...