In Tom Holland's impressive new survey of Rome's first imperial rulers - the so-called Julio-Claudians: Julius Caesar, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero - these six remarkable men are, ...

- Roman Emperor after his nephew Caligula was murdered; consolidated the Roman Empire and conquered southern Britain; was poisoned by his fourth wife Agrippina after her son Nero was named as Claudius ...

EMPEROR Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar. Crazy name, crazy guy. The year is 64AD and Rome is burning. But - what a swizzle - Nero isn't fiddling. In fact he's being very dynamic trying to save the ...

The dictators at the end of the Roman Republic. Claudius, Caligula, Nero and more. How they ruled. An 1876 artistic representation of Nero's Rome by artist Henryk Siemiradzki. (WikiCommons) For ...

Rome’s hardball politics were off-limits to women, yet this great-granddaughter of Augustus won power for herself and her son, Nero, who would later have her murdered. Agrippina’s portraits often ...

Augustus had outlived his preferred heirs - his two grandsons. So when he died, it was his son-in-law, Tiberius, who became emperor. Tiberius knew he was not first choice. So did everybody else. Worse ...

Rome’s hardball politics were off-limits to women, yet this great-granddaughter of Augustus won power for herself and her son, Nero, who would later have her murdered. Agrippina’s portraits often ...