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1 day ago · A senatorial embassy was sent from Rome, headed by Caligula's uncle Claudius, to congratulate the emperor for suppressing this latest conspiracy. It met with a hostile reception, in which Claudius was ducked in the Rhine.
4 days ago · 1. Augustus: First Roman Emperor. Detail from the larger-than-life statue of Augustus of Prima Porta, early 1st century CE. Source: Musei Vaticani, Rome. Julius Caesar was the first Roman leader to (briefly) hold near-absolute power, but it was his adopted son, Octavian, who became the first Roman emperor, Augustus.
3 days ago · Domitian ( / dəˈmɪʃən, - iən /, də-MISH-ən, -ee-ən; Latin: Domitianus; 24 October 51 – 18 September 96) was Roman emperor from 81 to 96. The son of Vespasian and the younger brother of Titus, his two predecessors on the throne, he was the last member of the Flavian dynasty.
3 days ago · Constantine I (born February 27, after 280 ce?, Naissus, Moesia [now Niš, Serbia]—died May 22, 337, Ancyrona, near Nicomedia, Bithynia [now İzmit, Turkey]) was the first Roman emperor to profess Christianity.
5 days ago · The Capitoline she-wolf with the boys Romulus and Remus. Museo Nuovo in the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome. Rome is much older than the myth about Romulus and Remus. Benutzer:Wolpertinger - Public Domain. According to an ancient legend, the city of Rome was founded on April 21, 753 B.C. by Romulus.
2 days ago · The Roman people ( Latin: Rōmānī; Ancient Greek: Ῥωμαῖοι, romanized : Rhōmaîoi; Greek: Ρωμαίος, romanized : Romaíos) [a] were the collective body of Roman citizens during the Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic and Roman Empire. Variously referred to as a cultural group, a nationality or a multi- ethnicity, [2] [3] [b] [4] [5 ...
4 days ago · An Introduction to Ancient Rome. Part 1: Starting Small. The civilization of ancient Rome was at one time the mightiest on the planet. Yet it, too, like any other civilization, began as one small settlement. In 753 B.C., the city of Rome was founded, on the Tiber River, in what is now central Italy.
