The real life Roman Emperor that Gladiator 2's Caracalla is inspired by did not have a pet monkey named Dondas. Despite being one of the only humanizing elements of Caracalla in Gladiator 2 ...

The Eastern Roman Empire had seven simultaneous emperors during the Middle Ages, between the years 1203 and 1204 AD. This was ...

Patrician families made up the ruling class, meaning they were in jobs that had a lot of influence in how Rome and the empire ... life they shared. Some of the main gods and goddesses in Roman ...

Although their lives may have been different, they did have some things in common. In any Roman family life, the head of the household was a man. Although his wife looked after the household ...

Deep beneath the streets of Rome near the Vatican, overlooking the banks of the Tiber River, Italian archaeologists have uncovered a hidden gem of Roman history — Caligula’s secret garden. This ...

A 2000 year old novel, considered a “gossip-y” account of the Roman Emperors’ personal lives, has entered the book's bestseller charts. The Lives of the Caesars, originally written in Latin ...