The emperor was hosting a dinner party when he heard that his wife had died. Without asking how, he called for more wine. The next year, Claudius decided to marry again, surprising Rome by ...

Tom and Dominic conclude their journey through the colourful lives of Rome’s first Caesars, climaxing with the epic reign of Rome’s most unexpected emperor: Claudius.

When it comes to Roman Emperors and their fate, a big mystery appears that has baffled historians and archaeologists alike for centuries.

From 27 B.C.E. to 180 C.E., the Roman Empire saw a period of relative tranquility and prosperity now known as the Pax Romana ...

The poet Sextus Propertius branded it 'degenerate' and 'love's disgrace'. Claudius, the first Roman emperor to be born outside Italy, started the conquest of Britain. He is believed to have been ...

Agrippina the Younger was a very important woman in the reigns of three of the earliest Roman emperors. She was the sister of the emperor Caligula, the wife of Claudius and the mother of Nero.

Roman engineers would create a gentle downward ... During his reign, Caligula began building two aqueducts that were finished by Emperor Claudius, the Aqua Claudia and Aqua Anio Novus.

When the next, short-lived Roman emperor, Claudius Gothicus, acceded, he had no choice but to recognize her sovereignty. Zenobia had achieved her aim: to make Palmyra an equal to Rome. Little by ...

Rome, 1st Century AD. Aging Emperor Claudius is writing the history of his family. He starts his recollections before he was born with the court of his grandfather Caesar Augustus. He then ...