There were definitely twin emperors! But it seems as though one ... saw five different claimants vying for control of the Roman Empire. Commodus, who actually did fight as a gladiator for shiggles ...

The results were remarkably successful. Nerva became emperor immediately after Domitian’s murder in 96 AD. He had a lifetime of service to Rome and its emperors, and had served as consul twice ...

The first answer is simple: hereditary rule. For most of this period, emperors were not chosen on the basis of their ability or honesty, but simply because they were born in the right family.

The two most powerful people in the senate were the consuls. The emperor ruled over the Roman Empire, a bit like a king. Find out below about some of the emperors who influenced Britain.

Lucius chafes against Rome's carnivorous nature represented in Acacius, the depravity modeled by its twin emperors, and its social order embodied in Macrinus, a former slave who has clawed his way ...

This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. The emperor Hadrian was well known for building monuments across the Roman Empire, a territory that ...

The two most powerful people in the senate were the consuls. The emperor ruled over the Roman Empire, a bit like a king. Find out below about some of the emperors who influenced Britain.