A new book explores how the Roman Empire influenced early Scandinavian societies, laying the foundation for Viking ...

From Augustus Caesar proclaiming himself the first emperor of Rome in 31BC to the fall of the empire in 476 AD, we’ve curated a selection of the best books about Roman history below. SPQR ...

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

Originally titled ‘De vita Caesarum’, the book is a set of twelve biographies of the first emperors of the Roman Empire: Julius Caesar, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero ...

The imperial system was heavily dependent on the Emperor, and a series of ineffective emperors, among them several minors, plus an ongoing problem with usurpation, was what really doomed the Empire, ...

His first books covered areas of particular interest ... Suetonius still form the basis of our understanding of the Roman Empire in the first century AD.