first century

January 25, 2018
Following the assassination of Emperor Caligula the day prior, Claudius (Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus) served his first day as Emperor of Rome on 25 January 41 CE.

December 24, 2017
Roman Emperor Galba (Servius Sulpicius Galba) was Born 24 December 3 BCE in Rome.

December 21, 2017
Vespasian was declared Emperor of Rome by the Roman Senate on 21 December 69 CE.

April 17, 2017
Roman Mosaic Removal Roils French Locals News outlets are reporting outcry by the French citizens of Uzès over the removal and relocation of an ancient Roman mosaic to nearby Nimes for conservation.

February 19, 2017
On 19 February 356 Emperor Constantius II issued a decree closing all the pagan temples in the Roman Empire.

January 28, 2017
Roman Sundial Shaped Like a Ham is Reactivated A small timekeeping device shaped like a chunk of prosciutto has been reanimated, though not quite in the flesh, by a team of researchers at the Museo archeologico nazionale di Napoli using 3-D printing technology.

June 23, 2015
Roman Emperor Vespasian died 23 June 79 CE after ruling the empire for a decade.