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 and jealousy led Rome into a ...

Lifting the lid on the gruesome, depraved and salacious lives of Rome's first emperors. Condemnation will never be lacking for the dreadful deeds committed by the house of Caesar… ...

Tiberius ascended the throne as the second Roman emperor. Leading Rome for over two decades 14 CE – 37 CE), Tiberius did his ...

Tiberius knew he was not first choice ... and had spent his life as the butt of family jokes. Possibly Rome's most unlikely emperor, Claudius worked hard and was a surprising success.

He would always be a pale shadow of the charismatic founder of the Roman Empire. Tiberius’s time in power was also scarred by ...

Pagan Rome, 37 A.D. As the frail, syphilis-ridden, and half-mad Emperor Tiberius nears the end of his reign, Prince Gaius Augustus Germanicus, known as Caligula, arrives at the depraved ruler's ...

Female members of the imperial family, the wives, daughters - and particularly - mothers of Roman emperors are some of the most colourful characters of Rome in the early imperial age; as described ...

Among the least ambitious of Roman emperors, Tiberius seemed content to remain a general, leading his legions. What, as the Russian revolutionary Nikolai Chernyshevsky asked, is to be done?

A 2000-year-old tale of Roman emperors' secrets is making waves on bestseller lists, captivating readers with its scandalous and vivid storytelling.

as well as the reigns of Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero. The first Empress of Rome, the ruthless Livia Drusilla, carves a corpse-strewn path to put her own son on the emperor's throne.

Explores the history of the Roman Empire through the eyes of Empress Livia Drusilla, examining the reign of her husband Augustus, as well as the reigns of Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero.