This week is noteworthy, not just for events in Scotland, but because it marks 2,000 years since the accession of Rome’s second emperor, Tiberius. This was the moment when it became clear that ...

Depending on whether or not numerous short-lived usurpers are counted in the total, approximately 82 men served as emperor of Rome. Tiberius, the second emperor, who lived from 42 BCE to 37 CE, was ...

Adopted by Caesar, Augustus (c.62 BC – 14 AD / Reigned 31 BC – 14 AD) had to fight for his throne. His long rule saw a huge expansion in the Roman Empire and the beginnings of a dynasty that, over the ...

The figure of Livia Drusilla looms large in the history of Rome. For 50 years the wife of Julius Caesar’s adopted son, the emperor Augustus Caesar, she gave birth to another emperor, Tiberius, and ...

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