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A metal detectorist from England spent six years searching a single field before locating a rare Roman coin from 69 A.D. The ...
Flavius Josephus was a Jewish aristocrat who was initially a general in the Jewish rebellion of 66-71 CE, but soon ...
Aurangzeb, the sixth Mughal emperor, is a controversial figure in Indian history. His tomb is in Khuldabad, Maharashtra, not in Delhi or Agra. Aurangzeb preferred a simple grave, rejecting the ...
Vitellius was a Roman emperor who ruled for a brief eight-month turbulent period in 69 AD, a year famously known as the "Year of the Four Emperors." He came to power after the defeat of Emperor ...
last May. The retired welder said he stumbled across the rare Roman coin - which dates back to 69AD - after being told by his wife to "bugger off out for a bit". It is believed to be the first gold ...
Key emperors like Akbar, Shah Jahan, and Aurangzeb each played significant roles, from expanding territories to enriching cultural achievements. Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire ...
The London headquarters of financial and media company Bloomberg stands on sacred Roman ground. More than 20 feet below modern street level rests the Temple of Mithras, a cultic site built by ...
The grave of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, located in Khuldabad, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar (formerly Aurangabad), has experienced a noticeable decline in visitor footfall. (HT FILE)(HT_PRINT ...
The Eastern Roman Empire had seven simultaneous emperors during ... which resulted in Galba’s assassination and Otho’s proclamation as emperor by the Senate. Bust of Vitellius. Credit: Luis García / ...
In 27 BCE, Octavian became the first Roman emperor, Augustus Caesar. In his Lives of the Caesars, the Roman writer Seutonius describes how Octavian exacted revenge for the death of Julius Caesar by ...
Roman Emperor Nero. Credit: NickW557, Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0 Few figures in history have been as polarizing and controversial as Nero, the infamous Roman emperor who had a love affair with everything ...
Among the most striking installations at the Art Institute’s “Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia Collection, is a “gallery of emperors” featuring Rome’s imperial ...