What’s more, the empire started through violence ... If an army grew dissatisfied, the emperor was in trouble; if dissatisfaction spread further, he was finished. Civil war had brought Caesar ...

Even until relatively modern times, Roman ... famous, works of the Greeks!” Impressive as any aqueduct, the Basilica Cistern (Yerebatan Sarnıcı) in Istanbul—built in Emperor Justinian’s ...

embellishments stand out on Emperor Septimius Severus’s arch in the Roman Forum. Made of travertine faced with marble, the elaborately decorated arch boasts figures including winged victories ...

The castle also houses several famous ... Roman Emperor Hadrian commissioned the building as a mausoleum for himself and his family—hence its other name, the Mausoleum of Hadrian—but it's ...

the discovery of Caligula’s Garden not only illuminates his world but also sheds light on the opulence of ancient Roman life. Born Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus in A.D. 12, Caligula rose to ...

I'm looking into the eyes of one of the most famous leaders ... Here's Boris Johnson again: "Augustus was the first emperor of Rome, and he created from the Roman Republic an institution that ...