Tiberius Caesar had the unenviable task of succeeding his stepfather Augustus. He would always be a pale shadow of the ...

Following Nero’s death, Rome was plunged into chaos ... Aulus Vitellius to be the rightful Emperor. And when the Praetorian Guard asked for the money they had been promised for deserting ...

His extravagance soon emptied Rome’s treasury ... including members of his Praetorian Guard. To prevent reprisals, they also killed his wife and daughter. Dead but certainly not mourned ...

the Praetorian Guard, would be called in. The Roman God of Justice was called Justitia and she holds the scales of justice. The Tarpeian Rock was a steep cliff in ancient Rome. It was commonly ...