Never the preferred heir, Tiberius (42 BC – 37 AD / reigned 14 – 37 AD) soon showed why Augustus had wanted someone else. His political inability, poor judgment ...

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 ...

Tiberius (42 v.Chr.- 37 n.Chr.) Rivieren van bloed veroorzaakte de Romeinse keizer Tiberius. Maar volgens een nieuwe biografie was hij niet zozeer ‘slecht’, maar complex. Is het een roman, een ...

Hij kreeg een merkwaardige bijnaam en werd bekend als een van de meest meedogenloze leiders uit de wereldgeschiedenis. Wie was deze Romeinse keizer?

Consider the public-relations challenges of the Julio-Claudians, the family that dominated a century of Roman politics beginning in 31 B.C. Their power was nearly unlimited, yet its extent could not ...

Germanicus was young, talented, and destined to be the next emperor of Rome until he suddenly died. Crowds mourned and whispers of murder and foul play followed. Germanicus excelled in his military ...