Discover why Tiberius, reluctant and reserved, was nonetheless pushed into becoming the second emperor of Rome after Augustus ...

Depending on whether or not numerous short-lived usurpers are counted in the total, approximately 82 men served as emperor of Rome. Tiberius, the second emperor, who lived from 42 BCE to 37 CE, was ...

Never the preferred heir, Tiberius (42 BC – 37 AD / reigned 14 – 37 AD) soon showed why Augustus had wanted someone else. His political inability, poor judgment ...

Over 11 years and 570 episodes, John Rabe and Team Off-Ramp scoured SoCal for the people, places, and ideas whose stories needed to be told, and the show became a love-letter to Los Angeles. Now, John ...

Excavated ruins with a church tower in the background. A row of arched openings appear in a row in the middle of the photograph. Show more The photograph is in a book with a typed description. The ...

His disdain for the norms of democracy makes it hard to understand the US president – but he has precedents in emperors such as Commodus, Nero and Tiberius He looks like a strong man – the strongest.

A review of How to Be A Bad Emperor by Suetonius, selected and translated by Josiah Osgood. Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus wrote around 120 A.D., more than one hundred years after the establishment of ...