History and classics buffs are in luck as the third Roman Empire documentary series is about to drop on Netflix. While the first two runs centred on emperors Commodus and Julius Caesar respectively, ...

When stains had to be cleaned from a mosaic that once decorated a lavish pleasure vessel from the first century, they were not remnants from the debauched revelries that the murderous and sex-crazed ...

Construction workers in Italy have discovered a 2,000-year-old garden that once belonged to a Roman emperor. The travertine walls of the garden overlook the banks of the Tiber, a river that cuts ...

Of one thing, historians unanimously agree: Caligula, Rome's Emperor from A.D. 37 to 41, was not well-liked. Born Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus in A.D. 12, Caligula (named for his favorite type of ...

Nearly 2,000 years ago, a Roman emperor known as Caligula briefly reigned over much of Europe, the Near East and northern Africa. Ancient historians describe him as a megalomaniac, a pervert and ...

Known as quite the despot, Roman Emperor Caligula had extravagant tastes to which his exotic pleasure garden was a testament. Buried for centuries beneath Rome’s streets, the remains of the lavish ...

A stolen first century AD marble mosaic from Roman Emperor Caligula's ship is being returned to Italy from the US. A representation of a bust of the Roman Emperor Caligula. Source: Antiquarian Images ...

The legend was passed down from generation to generation. One can imagine it was the type of story that was relished by listeners and raconteurs alike, given the salacious tales of ancients behaving ...