Commodus (/ˈkɒmədəs/; 31 August 161 – 31 December 192) was a Roman emperor who ruled from 177 to 192. He served jointly with his father
Claudius died on 13 October AD 54. Roman opinion was convinced that Agrippina had poisoned him.
The Capture and Captivity of Valerian
The early Christian author Lactantius suggested he was used as a human footstool Shapur would stand on to mount his horse. Other accounts of his death say that he was made to drink molten gold or that he was flayed alive.
After Caligula's death, Claudius became the new Roman Emperor. Nero's mother married Claudius in AD 49, becoming his fourth wife.
Q: Why is Roman Emperor Caligula remembered as the cruelest Emperor? Shortly into Emperor Caligula's rule, he fell ill from what many suggest was syphilis. He never recovered mentally and became a ruthless, wanton killer of Roman citizens, including even his family. No one was safe.
Marcus Aurelius died in 180 CE, leaving his narcissistic and self-indulgent son as the sole Emperor of Rome.
The Roman Emperor Nero married his male slave Scorus in public ceremony.
It was Suetonius who first published claims that Caligula committed incest with his three sisters. (The Roman historian added that these trysts even occurred during banquets, as guests and Caligula's wife gathered around.)
Apparently, Caligula loved his sister so much that he named her his heir and proclaimed Drusilla a goddess upon her death. Although scandalized and disgusted by Caligula's bad behavior, the Roman elites were powerless to do anything to prevent it.
Septimius Severus was the first African-born Roman emperor. This marble statue of the ruler from Alexandria in Egypt would once have been vividly painted, and shows him in military dress. He grew up in Leptis Magna, on the coast of modern-day Libya, and moved to Rome when he was around 18.
Caligula's assassination: the most brutal of Roman emperor deaths.
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 taste in women would prove his undoing.
Because Nero was only 16 when he succeeded Claudius, Agrippina at first attempted to play the role of regent. Her power gradually weakened, however, as Nero came to take charge of the government. As a result of her opposition to Nero's affair with Poppaea Sabina, the Emperor decided to murder his mother.
Perhaps deliberately following the tradition of his predecessor Claudius, Emperor Vespasian kept his wit about him as he lay dying, from diarrhea, as Julius Cicatrix explains in Imperial Exits.
Tiberius. Tiberius holds pride of place as the most perverted among the Pantheon of Rome's early emperors. As a young man, he was relatively restrained, as he had to be amidst the prying eyes of the capital as a potential heir apparent.
Julia, (born 39 bc—died ad 14, Rhegium [present-day Reggio di Calabria, Italy]), the Roman emperor Augustus' only child, whose scandalous behaviour eventually caused him to exile her.
Although the Roman patriarchy controlled how marriage was defined and observed, and men were expected to have extramarital dalliances, there was still room for honest, loving relationships between husbands and wives based on mutual trust and affection.
Suetonius states that Caligula loved Caesonia sincerely, passionately and faithfully even before the two were married and until the day Caligula died, even though Suetonius is otherwise heavily critical of Caligula's romantic and sexual activity.
Genghis Kahn (1162-1227) had at least fourteen wives of high rank whose names we know. There were many lesser wives as well. Only the four sons of his first wife, Börte, were considered to succeed him. That was probably a good idea because it is estimated he had another 500 concubines who also bore him children.
Marriage in Roman times was often not at all romantic. Rather, it was an agreement between families. Men would usually marry in their mid-twenties, while women married while they were still in their early teens.
A king consort or emperor consort is a rarely used (or disputed) title to describe the husband of a queen regnant. Examples include: Mary, Queen of Scots (reigned 1542–1567) was first married to Francis, Dauphin of France (later Francis II of France), who became king consort of Scotland upon their marriage.
Caesar Augustus (Reign: 27 B.C. to 14 A.D.)
Gaius Octavius Thurinus, also known as Octavian or “Augustus,” served as the first official emperor of the Roman Empire, and is often seen by historians as the greatest.
Unsurprisingly, the title of the “first greatest Roman emperor” goes to Caesar Augustus. While in his youth, Octavian plunged Rome into one of the bloodiest civil wars and toppled the Roman Republic; as emperor Augustus, he created the strong foundation for one of the truly greatest of all empires in human history.