Caligula, the ancient Roman emperor infamous for his insanity and cruelty, may have had a soft spot for plants, according to recently published research. A new study co-authored by Trevor Luke, a ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Most people know Caligula as one of history’s most deranged rulers: a bloodthirsty Roman emperor who supposedly made his horse a consul and murdered people for entertainment. But ...

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 ...

Despite reigning for just four years, Caligula is remembered as perhaps the cruellest, maddest, most perverted, extravagant, and murderous of Roman emperors. His reign was also marked by a testy ...

Left, Artist impressions of Caligula's luxury Nemi ships — Liebig collectors' card, 1935. Right - Nemi ships built by Caligula, 1st century AD, raised under during Mussolini's dictatorship in the ...