Given the chance to interrogate one of history’s most famous figures, what would you ask? Speaking on the HistoryExtra ...

Rome in the first century was carefully chronicled by Roman historians, particularly Tacitus, Suetonius and Dio Cassius – that is why we know so much about it. Tacitus was a political player in ...

Enough of the Princeps, what remains to be described, is the monster….

Lifting the curtain on the life of the controversial emperor Tiberius.

A 2000 year old novel, considered a "gossip-y" account of the Roman Emperors' personal lives, has entered the book's ...

After eliminating his rivals in a civil war, general and politician Gaius Julius Caesar began serving as dictator of Rome in 49 BCE. He established a number of political reforms before getting ...

An ancient book about the lives of Roman emperors has reached the Sunday Times Hardback Non-Fiction Bestseller List, marking a rare literary achievement for a historical text. "The Lives of the ...

An ancient book about the lives of Roman emperors has reached the Sunday Times Hardback Non-Fiction Bestseller List, marking a rare literary achievement for a historical text. "The Lives of the ...