Daniel Voshart, a designer in Toronto, used machine learning and Photoshop to transform busts of Roman emperors into photorealistic images. Voshart wanted to present the emperors as they would have ...

Ruling Imperial Rome was a risky business—a gladiator was more likely to survive his fight than a Roman emperor was to die peacefully of old age and natural causes. According to a paper published in ...

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

Ancient Rome was a dangerous place to be an emperor. During its more than 500-year run, about 20 percent of Rome's 82 emperors were assassinated while in power. So, what led to their downfalls?

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Some contemporary accounts suggest that they did some scheming. “In one of the sources, it even says that they had a plan to split the Empire in the middle,” says Andrew Scott, a professor of ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. The latter days of the Roman Republic, which preceded the ...