According to a new theory, the bust does not represent an illustrious Roman emperor, but an obscure Gallic usurper. It’s fair to say that the bust of Marcus Aurelius is the big star of Swiss ...

Nero, who ruled from A.D. 54 to 68, is often remembered as one of history’s most notorious emperors, his reputation steeped ...

Today, only seven other small-scale bronze busts of the emperor are known to exist. When Walpole died in 1797, his Roman bust changed hands several times, with some owners mistaking the visage for ...

At this point history took a sharp turn. Shortly before Nerva died, Roman generals had debated who should be the next emperor. They chose Trajan, a former army commander, senator and governor of ...

although the Senate still had the right to confer the title of emperor. This alone ensured that the Senate and its members remained relevant and important. The Roman Senate started life as an ...

features a laureate bust of the usurper Carausius, who commanded the Roman fleet ‘Classis Britannica’, based in the English ...

The first Roman emperor to wear a full beard ... all decorated with exquisite mosaics, busts, and sculptures of gods and heroes modeled on the best examples of Greek statuary.

President Vladimir Putin will be honored in his home city of St Petersburg with a Roman-style bust of the Russian leader ... a toga in the style of a Roman emperor or philosopher, has already ...

AMMAN – The Roman style was popular among the ruling elites in the client states of the Roman Republic and later the Roman ...

People at dinner parties in Rome would have busts exactly like this above their ... into the temple would literally be crushing the Roman Emperor under their feet. And if you look closely again ...

Retired builder Paul Capewell described the Roman coin as his “most exciting ... He discovered the silver coin, issued by the Emperor Trajan in AD 107 after he had recalled all the worn ...