but a Roman politician who ruled a century before the emperors: Sulla. He came to prominence in a Roman Republic whose ruling class was bitterly divided. One group felt that the state’s ...

The victory of the Roman emperor Trajan over the Dacians in back-to-back wars is carved in numerous scenes that spiral around a 126-foot marble pillar in Rome known as Trajan’s Column.

The Roman emperor Nero is known as one of history’s most brutal and eccentric leaders. He is said to have killed his mother, stepbrother and wives, persecuted Christians and squandered a fortune ...