Greek Reporter4d
The Fascination of Roman Emperor Nero With Greece
Few figures in history have been as polarizing as Nero, the infamous Roman emperor who had a love affair with everything ...
La Brújula Verde13h
When the Roman Empire Had Six Emperors in a Year
The Eastern Roman Empire had seven simultaneous emperors during the Middle Ages, between the years 1203 and 1204 AD. This was ...
Remembering China’s Empress Dowager Ling, a Buddhist who paved the way for future female rulers
Empress Dowager Ling was not a warrior, but she embraced martial symbols of her own power that were available to women in Taghbach culture but not in Chinese culture. For example, she was an ...
PBS3mon
Bust of Claudius in later life
Nobody expected Claudius to become emperor. Although he was the only surviving ... This was the most important addition to the empire since the time of Augustus. Even this success, however ...
Greek Reporter14d
From the Roman Empire to the Roman Catholic Church
When the Roman Empire began collapsing, Christianity prevailed and the Roman Catholic Church kept its territories together.
PBS3mon
Busts of First Century Emperors
What’s more, the empire started through violence and depended ... If an army grew dissatisfied, the emperor was in trouble; if dissatisfaction spread further, he was finished.
National Geographic news8y
Emperor Hadrian Brings the World to Rome
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 ...