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AncientPages.com - Elagabalus ruled as Roman emperor for just four years before being murdered in AD 222. He was still a teenager when he died. Despite his short reign, Elagabalus
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A marble head of the Roman emperor Augustus was unearthed in the Italian town of Isernia, located in the region of Molise, a
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Following the assassination of Domitian of the Flavian Dynasty (81–96) on September 18, 96, a new Emperor appeared on the same day. Domitian
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Roman imperial triumphal arches symbolized the empire's power and greatness of the emperor. The arches were decorated with beautiful historical scenes commemorating the
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Often called the "philosopher on the throne" or the "philosopher-emperor," Marcus Aurelius (121 AD - 180 AD) was a powerful Roman Emperor who ruled
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AncientPages.com - If asked to think of a single individual who epitomises the decadence, destruction and debauchery of Ancient Rome, the name Nero would surely be on many people’s
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AncientPages.com - On September 16, 307, died Severus II, a Western Roman Emperor from 306 to 307. After failing to besiege Rome, he fled to Ravenna. Historians believe that
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AncientPages.com - On September 4, 476, Emperor Romulus Augustus (461 - 476 AD) who ruled over the Western Roman Empire, was deposed by Odoacer, the Germanic warlord. Romulus
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AncientPages.com - On September 4, 476, Emperor Romulus Augustus (461 - 476 AD) who ruled over the Western Roman Empire, was deposed by Odoacer, Germanic warlord. Romulus Augustus was
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AncientPages.com - On July 1, 69, Vespasian was elected the Roman Emperor. This historical event occurred during the troublesome period after Nero's death when several Roman emperors had a
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AncientPages.com - On June 26, 363, Roman Emperor Julian (also known as Julian the Apostate) died near Maranga, Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq), aged 31, during a battle against the Sassanid army.
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AncientPages.com - On June 9, 68, Roman Emperor Nero committed suicide. He was the notoriously brutal Roman Emperor responsible for the Great Fire of Rome, the bloody persecution
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