Disfigured, awkward and clumsy, Claudius (10 BC – 54 AD / Reigned 41 – 54 AD) was the black sheep of his family and an unlikely emperor. Once in place, he was fairly successful, but his poor ...

One of the coins in the hoard was a gold aureus of Claudius, the very emperor who led the invasion of Britain. That connection made the find even more special. It's heavy and a beautiful coin, and has ...

The Romans are famous for their battles in the Colosseum, but how accurate are the scenes portrayed there in the new movie ...

Once emperor and without an obvious heir, he had adopted Augustus. He may have been the first to choose a successor and call it hereditary succession, but he was not the last – Claudius ...

1. Misconception: Caligula’s horse held public office. In the 1976 BBC miniseries I, Claudius, Emperor Caligula greets his horse, Incitatus, at a wedding reception. “He’s never been to a wedding ...

The collection of 748 gold and silver coins is estimated to date from as early as 206 BC through to the Roman emperor ...

The limestone sphinx with its "smiley face and two dimples" is thought to represent Roman Emperor Claudius. It is much smaller than the famous Sphinx in the Pyramids of Giza, which is 20m (66ft ...

Tiberius Claudius Nero was the second Roman Emperor, and as such the first 'outsider' to take over the system that Augustus had set up. It is commonly believed that he was not very skilled at ...

In the end, he turned back, and Britain would not be conquered by Rome until the reign of the Emperor Claudius - almost a ...

The collection was found by George Ridgway in a recently harvested barley field in the grounds of Helmingham Hall near ...

oil on softwood (deal?) panel, the reverse with the cipher and brand of King Charles I of England, and an unidentified red wax collector's(?) seal ...

A pair of metal-detector-discovered coin hoards have both sold for high figures at auction. The Helmingham Hoard made ...