Pallas was soon embroiled in political intrigues when, according to Flavius Josephus, Antonia sent him to Tiberius to show ...

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Born in 161 C.E. as the son of emperor Marcus Aurelius (considered to be one of Rome’s “good” emperors), Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus came to power in 180 C.E. Despite the plot line of the 2000 ...

Or perhaps Lucius Poppaeus Vopiscus. Gallivan indicates a gap between the consulship of Lucius Aelius Plautius Lamia Aelianus and Gaius Marius Marcellus Octavius Publius Cluvius Rufus, which expired ...

Who was known for a love of flamingo tongues, why a cheese overdose is dangerous, and why pranking with whoopee cushions is a ...

The National gets it. Their most recent album, last year’s Laugh Track, bears a title that winks at the band’s reputation as a purveyor of grumbling, depressive mid-life anthems, and the ...

This article presents an overview of Roman citizens registered in the small Attic deme of Besa. The epigraphic record indicates that three Roman emperors—Hadrian, Commodus and Severus Alexander—were ...

Following the death of Antoninus Pius in 161 CE, Lucius Verus ruled as co-emperor with his adoptive brother Marcus Aurelius until his own death in 169 CE (see coin 26). As an heir to the emperor, he ...