Nobody expected Claudius to become emperor. Although he was the only surviving heir of Augustus and was the brother of the war hero, Germanicus, Claudius was a figure of fun. The black sheep Left ...

Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, known for his tumultuous reign as Roman emperor from AD 54 to AD 68, built the "Golden House" whose archaeological treasures continue to astonish, with this ...

Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus was a Roman emperor, reigning from AD 54 until his death in AD 68. Known as the “Golden House” of Emperor Nero, the Domus Aurea has never ceased to ...

Rome, 1st Century AD. Aging Emperor Claudius is writing the history of his family. He starts his recollections before he was born with the court of his grandfather Caesar Augustus. He then ...

Claudius Ptolemy was a Greek mathematician, astronomer and geographer who lived in the Egyptian city of Alexandria while under the rule of the Roman Empire. Much of medieval astronomy and ...