The Roman emperors were once the most famous people in the world, ruling over an empire that stretched between what are now Spain and the Middle East. But just how much do you know about these ...

One famous domed building was the Pantheon in ... Theatres were built throughout the Roman Empire. Their design was usually a semi-circle arrangement of seats around a stage where performances ...

100 BC – 44 BC / Reigned 46 – 44 BC) changed the course of Roman history. Although he did not rule for long, he gave Rome fresh hope and a whole dynasty of emperors. Born into an aristocratic ...

The Satires, as they became known, attacked cruelty, foolishness and the corruption of Roman society. The most famous of these ... he tells how the Emperor Domitian summoned his top advisers ...