Disfigured, awkward and clumsy, Claudius (10 BC – 54 AD / Reigned 41 – 54 AD) was the black sheep of his family and an unlikely emperor. Once in place, he was fairly successful, but his poor ...

One theory, suggested by museum officials, is that it represents the savings of a wealthy local farmer who obtained his wealth by supplying grain and livestock to the Roman army. Emperor Nero's ...

When Emperor Claudius died suddenly in A.D. 54, Nero succeeded him to the throne at only 16 years old, leapfrogging over other members of the Julio-Claudian ruling dynasty.

Roman emperor Nero is depicted in history as a bloody tyrant who ... The fifth emperor of Rome, Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus reigned between between 54 and 68 AD and is renowned for ...

Nero then inherited the imperial throne at age 17 after Claudius died in A.D. 54; several Roman historians alleged that Claudius had been poisoned by Agrippina in order to advance her son.

The ancient ruins of Roman Emperor Nero’s private theater were discovered in Rome, according to multiple reports, giving archaeologists access to a historical site that had eluded them for years ...

The Roman emperor Nero ranks among the most infamous rulers of the Roman Empire for ... When Caligula was murdered in A.D. 41 and succeeded by Emperor Claudius, Nero was reunited with ...

Nero depicted by artist Jan Stycka. Credit: M0tty on Wikimedia Commons However, impostors have always existed, and the trail leads us back to Antiquity, where the aforementioned episode of the ...

Eventually Nero’s excesses became too much for his Praetorian Guard, and in C.E. 68 they gave their allegiance to his enemy, the Roman statesman Galba, who briefly became emperor after Nero’s ...