roman empire

October 23, 2015
Brutus, assassin of Julius Caesar, took his own life #onthisday in 42 BC.

October 13, 2015
13 October 54 CE: “That Claudius was poisoned is the general belief, but when it was done and by whom is disputed” (Suetonius, The Lives of the Caesars , originally published 121 CE).

July 23, 2015
ancientart : Scenes from the Roman Arch of Trajan, Benevento, ca.

July 18, 2015
During the night of 18 July 64, a great fire swept through Rome.

July 8, 2015
ancientart : “ The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it […] Look within.

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

June 5, 2015
On 5 June 70 CE during the Siege of Jerusalem, Titus and his Roman legions breached the city’s middle wall.

May 21, 2015
On 21 May 293, the Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian appointed Galerius to serve as Caesar (second in command to Diocletian) thus beginning the Roman rule by four.

April 30, 2015
On 1 May 305, co-Emperors Diocletian and Maximian retired from office.

April 8, 2015
Septimius Severus was proclaimed emperor of Rome by his troops on 9 April 193 CE, just two days before his 48th birthday.