worst roman emperors

Become a Patron! First, we have to share this incredible painting of the collapsible boat that Nero had built to assassinate Agrippina. It didn’t work because Agrippina [...Read More...]

With their parents and older brothers dead, the four remaining Germanicus children (Agrippina, Julia Drusilla, Julia Livilla, and Caligula) face an uncertain future. Caligula [...Read More...]

In this episode, it’s Roman Emperors behaving badly–and Praetorian Prefects behaving even worse. Beginning with Caligula, Emperors were assaulted in their homes, [...Read More...]

So…yeah. Sometimes Genn and I will look at each other after an episode ends and go, “did all that actually happen?” This was definitely one of those. Our [...Read More...]