24/7 Tempo has assembled a list of the 25 Roman emperors with the longest reigns by consulting the Britannica’s timeline and individual articles on every emperor in the unified or western Roman ...

The Roman Empire was one of the most powerful and influential civilizations in history, lasting for over a thousand years from the 8th century BC to the 5th century AD. However, not all of its ...

Although his own rule was unremarkable, his victory in the civil war replaced a republic, ruled by the consuls and the Senate, with an empire, reigned over by emperors and their hereditary successors.

If you consider the Roman Empire to have ended in 476 and count only emperors who were old enough to rule for their entire ...

Olivier Hekster, Reversed Epiphanies: Roman Emperors Deserted by Gods, Mnemosyne, Fourth Series, Vol. 63, Fasc. 4 (2010), pp. 601-615 ...

Emperors of ancient Rome tended to die bloody, violent deaths. In fact, a Roman gladiator had better odds of surviving a brutal fight in the arena than an emperor had of dying peacefully of ...

Caligula, the Roman emperor best known for his profligacy, sadism, rumored incestuous relationships and unhealthy obsession with a horse, wasn’t exactly handsome. Contemporary accounts are ...

Vespasian (9 – 79 AD / ruled 69 – 79 AD) worked hard to restore law, order and self-respect to Rome after the civil war. He established the new, Flavian dynasty. Born to a Roman knight and tax ...