It is not circular as you might expect a crown to be but made up of eight separate panels held together to form an octagon. This is not only a crown; it is the echo of Charlemagne’s chapel in ...

His brother Domitian, however, returned Rome to tyranny and fear. Vespasian’s eldest son, Titus, was already a successful politician and general before his father became emperor. He had seen ...

Around 2,500 years ago, the city of Rome was at the centre of a huge empire that stretched from ... Meet Caligula who ruled from AD37 to 41 and was famous for being crazy and cruel.

Successful gladiators were the movie stars of the first century – so famous that free men queued ... contests are often seen as the dark side of Roman civilization. Given they belonged to ...

The Roman emperors were once the most famous people in the world, ruling over an empire that stretched between what are now Spain and the Middle East. But just how much do you know about these ...