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The Roman Empire

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Q&A Could Roman slaves buy their own freedom?

An allegorical depiction of the plague in ancient Rome, an angel batters down a door while people lie sick on the ground
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The reign of Roman disease: why did disease hit a flourishing empire?

Illustration representing various empires across history
General ancient history

Have empires ever been a force for good?

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

Bust of Germanicus, Roman General
Roman

In the footsteps of Germanicus – a Roman General’s journey to Egypt

This second-century AD column shows Romans beheading German nobles. Armed with the lethal gladius (short sword), Roman soldiers were feared throughout the empire. (Image by Bridgeman)
Roman

A guide to the Roman army, plus 10 facts about life in the legions

Appia Antica (The Appian Way), Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe. (Getty)
Roman

Invention or adaptation: what did the Romans really do for us?

Marble bust of Nero
Roman

Rethinking Nero: was the Roman emperor really so bad?

Marble bust of Caligula
Roman

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

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What was the Roman Empire’s greatest defeat? It might be Teutoburg Forest in AD 9

Augustus was the first Roman emperor (Photo By DEA / G. DAGLI ORTI/De Agostini via Getty Images)
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Your guide to the Roman empire: when it was formed, why it split and how it failed, plus its most colourful emperors

Roman republic
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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)
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The Praetorian Guard: the emperors’ fatal servants

Illustration of last Roman emperor, Romulus Augustus, surrendering to the 'barbarian' Odoacer
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Your guide to... the fall of Rome

Portrait head of Roman Emperor Nero circa AD 59-64. (Photo by Alamy)
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Nero: Rome’s Antichrist?

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