Roman Empire News
10 Best Roman Movies to Watch, Ranked
From arena spectacles to political intrigue, satire and scientific inquiry, ten Roman films earn their places in our countdown for different reasons.
Roman Empire News
10 Best Roman Series to Watch, Ranked
Palace plots, chariot races and spectacularly bad decisions: our countdown ranks ten Roman series for your next binge, from gritty drama to irreverent comedy.
Roman Empire Anecdotes
Exile in Ancient Rome: What Happened When Rome Sent You Away
Exile in ancient Rome could mean escape, punishment, isolation or political survival. From Cicero to Ovid, Seneca and imperial prisoners, Roman exile took many forms.
Roman Empire Historical Facts
Seneca the Elder: Before Seneca the Philosopher
Before Seneca the philosopher, there was Seneca the Elder: the Roman writer who preserved the speeches, exercises, and remembered voices of declamatory culture.
Roman Empire Historical Facts
What Made the Ancient Romans Laugh?
Roman laughter could mock emperors, expose fools, ward off evil, reverse social roles, and turn myth into spectacle. What made Romans laugh was rarely simple – and not always harmless.
Roman Empire Historical Facts
5 Roman Myths People Still Believe Today – and What the Evidence Really Says
Ancient Rome still lives in stories people repeat with complete confidence. But some of its most famous details – from Nero’s fiddle to Caesar’s birth – turn out to be far less certain, and far more revealing, than the myths that replaced them.
Roman Empire Historical Facts
Why did the Romans kill Jesus?
What was the real reason behind the execution of Jesus by the Romans?
Roman Empire Historical Facts
Arausio: The Defeat That Reshaped Roman Power
The defeat at Arausio in 105 BCE was more than a battlefield disaster. It exposed deep fractures in Roman command, reshaped military power, and left a psychological legacy that influenced Roman responses to crisis for generations.
Roman Empire Historical Facts
Some of Rome’s Worst Rulers nobody talks about
Rome’s worst emperors were not defined by excess alone. From rigidity and paralysis to paranoia and absence, these reigns reveal how imperial power failed – and why those failures mattered.
Roman Empire Historical Facts
The Ancient Blueprint Behind Every Modern Stadium
What survives now is only the emptiness of a vast space, yet it carries the weight of a city’s anticipation and the memory of its most restless hours.
Roman Empire Historical Facts
Nero Unmasked: The Fire, the Fame, and the Fury of Rome’s Most Infamous Ruler (Part 1)
Nero’s legend was forged as much by writers as by deeds. Between art and atrocity, he cast himself as performer-emperor, rebuilt Rome in spectacle and stone, and left a trail of verses, scandals, and lampoons—until the line between ruler and stage all but vanished.
Roman Empire Anecdotes
Titus and Domitian: Brotherhood on Rome’s Imperial Stage
Ancient writers cast Titus and Domitian as rival brothers, with the younger plotting against the elder. Inscriptions, coins, and monuments, however, reveal a dynasty that publicly honored unity, complicating the image of fraternal enmity.
Roman Empire News
Stoic in the Sauna: Why a Baiae Bathhouse Linked to Cicero is Deliciously Ironic
A newly discovered sunken bathhouse at Baiae may have belonged to Cicero. For Rome’s sternest moralist, the irony is sharp: the prophet of virtue and temperance relaxing in the Empire’s most notorious playground.
Roman Empire Historical Facts
Emperor Titus, “Darling of Mankind”
Feared as another Nero, Titus surprised Rome by becoming one of its most beloved emperors. In just two years, he faced Vesuvius, fire, and plague—emerging as a ruler praised for generosity, diplomacy, and a transformation still debated today.
Roman Empire Historical Facts
Claudius the Unexpected: The Emperor They Never Saw Coming
Dismissed as unfit to rule, Claudius stunned Rome by becoming one of its most capable emperors—expanding borders, reforming government, and ruling with quiet competence.
Roman Empire Anecdotes
The Art of Poison in the Roman Empire
Poison in Rome was more than murder—it was myth, medicine, and metaphor. From household betrayals to imperial plots, it blurred the line between cure and crime.