Lifting the curtain on the life of the controversial emperor Tiberius.

From 27 B.C.E. to 180 C.E., the Roman Empire saw a period of relative tranquility and prosperity now known as the Pax Romana ...

Augustus had outlived his preferred heirs - his two grandsons. So when he died, it was his son-in-law, Tiberius, who became emperor. Tiberius knew he was not first choice. So did everybody else.

As much as Julius Nepos refused to recognize his legitimacy and continued to hold the title in parallel until his death in ...

taking plots of land near remote Roman forts. Rome was not always able to honor the important promise of land. In 14 AD, just after Tiberius had become emperor, a mutiny broke out among legions in ...

So in Meet the Roman Emperor (BBC Two ... She doesn’t need to editorialise an observation such as “Tiberius having his private parts nibbled by little boys in the swimming pool”, we can ...

It was built by the Roman emperor Tiberius, who commissioned 12 villas on Capri in the hopes of creating a palace of peace and relaxation away from the chaos of Rome. Villa Jovis is the most ...

In 37 A.D., the Roman Senate annuls Tiberius’ will and proclaimed Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, aka Caligula (Little Boots), emperor.

Pagan Rome, 37 A.D. As the frail, syphilis-ridden, and half-mad Emperor Tiberius nears the end of ... much to the disgust of the Roman Senate. Now a dangerous megalomaniac, Caligula declares ...