Don't know your Latin from your Latium? Never heard of a Mamertine before? Fear not — this is Rome's entire history, start to ...

Very few Roman emperors died natural deaths. Most were assassinated, some died in battle and one was even struck by lightning ...

At its height, the Roman empire covered some 5 million square kilometres and was home to around 60 million people. This vast territory and huge population were held together via a network of ...