Tiberius had waited a long time to be emperor and had made many ... Still insecure, the last thing Tiberius wanted back in Rome was a war hero with a claim to the throne. He appointed Germanicus ...

As much as Julius Nepos refused to recognize his legitimacy and continued to hold the title in parallel until his death in ...

When it comes to Roman Emperors and their fate, a big mystery appears that has baffled historians and archaeologists alike for centuries.

Last summer, the ornate ruins of Nero’s Theater ... Alessio De Cristofaro. Nero was a Roman emperor who took the throne in A.D. 54 at the age of 16 and died in A.D. 68. He was considered the ...

Public ceremonies, lavish processions, and temporary wooden arches were commonplace after victory in Ancient Rome. But during the height of its power, the emperor decided to change that and leave a ...

This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. The emperor Hadrian was well known for building monuments across the Roman Empire, a territory that ...

Are you ready to host a spectacle so grand that even the Emperor of Rome comes to balk at what you've accomplished at the ...

Because the Roman Emperor himself, Septimius Severus ... where York is today. But peace didn’t last long. Once he was gone, the Maeatae and the Caledonians rebelled. Severus was too old and ...