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 AD 9, three Roman legions suffered a massacre in a region of Germania undergoing pacification. In the years that followed several attempts were made to capture or kill the German mastermind, ...
The Senate continued to meet in Rome just as it had for nearly a millennium. Latin remained the language of administration.
One theory suggests the infamous Roman emperor survived an assassination attempt in the tunnel now open to the public.