Being a Roman emperor was a risky job. It wasn't unusual for emperors to be killed by usurpers wanting to remove them from power. They also faced many health challenges, such as death from epidemics ...

What did it mean to be an emperor in ancient Rome? That is the question that Mary Beard sought to answer in her 2023 book, “Emperor of Rome.” She wrote, “Everyone then, including emperors, was trying ...

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). A ...

One theory suggests the infamous Roman emperor survived an assassination attempt in the tunnel now open to the public.

For the first time in nearly 2,000 years, visitors to Rome's Colosseum can now walk through a passageway once hidden and reserved for emperors. NPR's Ruth Sherlock takes us there. UNIDENTIFIED ...

The Roman Empire conjures up images of military power, gladiatorial contests, and feats of engineering, but to the men who ruled, life was complicated and fraught with risk. Julius Caesar, whose power ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- For nearly 30 years, a massive bronze statue thought to be of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius served as the centerpiece of the ancient Roman gallery at the Cleveland Museum of Art ...

A museum in the United Kingdom has identified the Roman emperor Elagabalus to be a transgender woman. The North Hertfordshire Museum in Hitchin, a town north of London, said that the decision was ...