Nine of the worst Roman emperors, known for madness, violence, corruption, and misrule, ultimately pushed the Roman Empire ...

The Eastern and Western Roman Empires had a layered history, experienced a major division, and left lasting cultural and ...

By most historical accounts, the Roman Emperor Caligula was a nightmare–a sadistic, debaucherous, and unstable despot.

The long line of ancient Roman emperors is marked by a strange pattern: Almost every exceptionally brilliant emperor was succeeded by an exceptionally mad one. The benevolent emperor Claudius, who ...

Roman Emperor Marcus Opellius Macrinus reigned from 217 to 218. He was born in Caesarea of Mauretania, ... Every single emperor that Rome had ever known had been part of this class, ...