it’s worth revisiting HBO’s Rome. Before Game of Thrones came along, this was one of the most ambitious HBO original series.

Rome experienced some of it greatest economic and cultural dynamism under Nero's rule, and yet he's called everything from a ...

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 ...