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Here's a list of some of the ways Roman emperors secured the coveted throne for themselves. 1. Inheritance. An oil painting of a portrait of Nero Caesar, the fifth Roman emperor.
Archaeologists working at the sprawling 200-acre site of Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli have discovered a breakfast room where the Roman emperor would dine with his wife, Vibia Sabina. Now a UNESCO ...
Only 14 when he took the throne, Elagabalus was unprepared to rule, “probably the least able emperor Rome had ever had,” in the opinion of historian Adrian Goldsworthy.