roman empire

March 18, 2015
Caligula was named emperor by the Roman Senate on 18 March 37 CE.

March 17, 2015
On 17 March 180, Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius died, leaving his son Commodus the sole ruler of the empire they had co-ruled since 177.

March 15, 2015
Beware the Ides of March.

March 7, 2015
Roman emperor Antoninus Pius died on 7 March 161 CE in Lorium, an ancient Etruscan village on the Via Aurelia, less than twelve miles west of Rome.

February 24, 2015
Now through 10 May 2015, The McManus (Dundee Scotland) hosts Roman Empire: Power and People .

August 19, 2014
On this day in 14 CE, Gaius Octavius, known as Augustus, died in Rome.

December 7, 2013
oupacademic : On this day in 43 BCE, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman orator and politician, was assassinated.

October 18, 2013
The exhibition Augusto opens today in Rome at the Scudiere del Quirinale .

September 23, 2013
thegetty : Mosaic Floor with Medusa Roman, A.D. 115-150 Stone

August 20, 2013
On this day in 79 CE, small earthquakes started taking place around Mt.