Publius Afranius Potitus learned the hard way that some promises should come with fine print. The Roman plebeian publicly vowed to sacrifice his own life if Emperor Caligula recovered from a serious ...

An archaeologist from the Netherlands found the ruins of a massive Roman army camp a few miles outside of Amsterdam. The fort was likely established by the Roman Emperor Caligula to house troops that ...

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 ...

Construction workers in Italy have discovered a 2,000-year-old garden that once belonged to a Roman emperor. The travertine walls of the garden overlook the banks of the Tiber, a river that cuts ...

Caligula was one of Rome's most infamous emperors, and ruled from 37-41 CE. Few ancient rulers are as infamous as Caligula. Ruling Rome from only 37 to 41 CE, historical accounts indicate that the ...

Today, the serene waters of Lake Nemi make it a quaint getaway, one that is best known for its peaceful landscapes and the area's delicious wild strawberries. But in ancient Roman times, the volcanic ...

After twenty-three years filled with fear, paranoia, and the countless lives lost in its reckless pursuit, the grim and wholly unlikable Emperor Tiberius died at the ripe old age of 78 - a milestone ...

A philological and ethnobotanical analysis reveals that Caligula understood the therapeutic uses of hellebore and applied his knowledge of pharmacology with calculated cruelty. The image of Caligula ...

The cliché runs that you can’t fix a water main or break ground in the Italian capital without uncovering Roman treasure. So it has been proven, with the Italian Ministry of Culture announcing that a ...

With a title like "Caligula," you're expecting heads to roll. The name of the third Roman emperor is synonymous with barking-mad depravity, of a magnitude that conjures wild acts of sadism and orgies ...

Fast forward to today, and Alberto Bertucci, the mayor of the Italian town of Nemi, has enlisted police divers and research scientists from the country’s civil protection agency to search the bottom ...

Roman Emperor Caligula is one of ancient history's darkest and most unsettling figures. His name is synonymous with excess, ...