A recent study analyzes the attempt by the Roman emperor Claudius, who ruled from 41 to 54 CE, to promote haruspicy, the ...

When stains had to be cleaned from a mosaic that once decorated a lavish pleasure vessel from the first century, they were not remnants from the debauched revelries that the murderous and sex-crazed ...

When workers began excavating a new parking garage in Rome, they discovered what archeologists say was once Emperor Caligula's "pleasure gardens." Anderson Cooper reports on the find and the scholarly ...

Nursie was killed off-screen by Prince Ludwig the Indestructible, in episode "Chains". After leaving Blackadder, Patsy had a ...

Rome conquered Britain during Claudius’s reign and founded its first colony at Colchester, England, where a bronze statue of Claudius was later found. British Museum Agrippina’s own history ...

Tom and Dominic conclude their journey through the colourful lives of Rome’s first Caesars, climaxing with the epic reign of Rome’s most unexpected emperor: Claudius. Show more Following the ...

Valentine was a holy priest in Rome during the days of Emperor Claudius II. But why was he executed? During the reign of Claudius, Rome was involved in many unpopular and bloody wars. He noted that ...

Charlemagne and The Sopranos, Trump and I, Claudius – all owe a debt to the imperial biographies ... Charlemagne, the greatest king of his age, had died in 814, after a reign of almost 50 years.

Hidden in the cave’s ceiling was a nearly 2,000-year-old Roman coin from the reign of Emperor Claudius. Then, further investigation revealed 15 Roman inscriptions within the cave’s interior chamber, ...

It lists a group of 31 friends who went through the Athenian ephebate together during the reign of the Roman Emperor Claudius (AD 41-54) and was intended to commemorate the close relationships they ...

Claudius had adopted Nero after marrying Nero ... Nero offered other examples of level-headed rule. Early in his reign, to avoid abuses of power by the sovereign and the Senate, he eliminated ...

But the real record holder for the shortest reign was Marcus Aurelius Claudius Quintillus. He ascended to the throne thanks to his brother, Claudius II Gothicus, who ruled the Roman Empire from 268 to ...