The empire the emperor inherited was in turmoil. The national treasury was depleted, and foreign invaders frequently crossed the borders. The emperor was kind and diligent. Though burdened by endless ...

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Other Roman emperors met far more bloody ends than the cheese-loving Antoninus. Nero committed suicide; Galba was murdered by his bodyguards, the praetorians; and Geta was murdered by his brother ...

The tomb and its personal artifacts are some of the first true pieces of evidence of an early Roman presence in the area. The ...

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Marcus Stroman's time with the New York Yankees was an abject disaster. Signed to a two-year, $37 million contract during the 2024-25 offseason, Stroman was expected to be a solid ...

When the emperor Hadrian visited the province of Britannia in A.D. 122, he was in full command of the entire Roman Empire, which stretched some 2,500 miles east from northern Great Britain to ...