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November 27, 2016
On This Day in History (27 November 180) Commodus became Emperor of Rome.

November 27, 2016
On 27 November 111, Antinous (the man who became first the companion of the Emperor Hadrian) was Born.

November 20, 2016
Drones Document the Etruscan, Roman, and Medieval Treasures of Volterra Inhabited for nearly 3,000 years, Volterra’s history is most strongly tied to Etruscan and Roman settlements.

October 30, 2016
Julia, the only child of Octavian (later Augustus Caesar) was born on 30 October in 39 BCE.

October 21, 2016
Roman vedutista (view painter) Giovanni Paolo Panini died on 21 October 1765.

September 25, 2016
Rare Coin Bearing Likeness of Nero Found in Jerusalem A coin bearing the image of the Roman Emperor Nero is worth it weight in gold – and more – as its certain provenance provides rare insight into the distribution of and cultural value attached to the aureus .

September 18, 2016
Fortuna seemed to have a special interest in the fates of the imperial dynasties on 18 September.

August 7, 2016
The third son of Constantine I, Flavius Julius Constantius II was born in Illyricum on 7 August 317.

April 8, 2016
Roman Emperor Caracalla was assassinated on 8 April 217, four days after his twenty-ninth birthday.

April 1, 2016
Happy April fools’ day!