Roman rulers

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Silbannacus: the Roman emperor that time forgot

Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland. (Loop Images/UIG via Getty Images)

Hadrian’s Wall: when and why was it built? A brief guide

Colourful illustration of 12 historical figures's heads (Winston Churchill, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Thomas Cromwell, Richard III, Elizabeth I, William Shakespeare, Anne Boleyn, William Marshal, Jane Austen, Hatshepsut, Gandhi and Catherine the Great) shown in a grid pattern.

Historical figures: 100+ of the most famous people through history – in chronological order

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The death of Domitian: how aristocrats conspired against the Roman emperor

A bust of Marcus Aurelius and a detail on Marcus Aurelius’s column in Rome

Marcus Aurelius: Rome’s reluctant killer

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Shushma Malik explores the life and career of Rome’s renowned philosopher-emperor Marcus Aurelius. (Image by Getty Images)

Marcus Aurelius: thinker or fighter? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Julius Caesar. (Photo by Getty Images)

Caesar’s British gamble

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Shushma Malik discusses some of the most admired and reviled Roman emperors, and considers whether the legends surrounding them stand up to scrutiny. (Image by Getty Images)

The Roman emperors: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Rethinking Nero: was the Roman emperor really so bad?

Marble bust of Caligula

Caligula: murderous and depraved, or a victim of history?

Augustus was the first Roman emperor (Photo By DEA / G. DAGLI ORTI/De Agostini via Getty Images)

Your guide to the Roman empire: when it was formed, why it split and how it failed, plus its most colourful emperors

Augustus. (Photo by Getty Images)

The bloody rise of Augustus

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Your guide to the Roman Republic

Marble relief depicting the Praetorian Guard, legionnaires and elite soldiers. In the Louvre, Paris, France. (Photo by Leemage/Corbis via Getty Images)

The Praetorian Guard: the emperors’ fatal servants

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Portrait head of Roman Emperor Nero circa AD 59-64. (Photo by Alamy)

Nero: Rome’s Antichrist? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.