For most of this period, emperors were not chosen on the basis ... many smaller players – like Titus, Galba or Vitellius – barely had time to try on the imperial robes before they died.

Once in Italy, they found themselves facing Vitellius’ army ... he joked, mocking the Roman tendency to turn dead emperors into gods, "I think I'm becoming a god." Vespasian had brought Rome ...

The Eastern Roman Empire had seven simultaneous emperors during the Middle Ages, between the years 1203 and 1204 AD. This was ...

The gold Roman coin, which is of the emperor Aulus Vitellius and is believed to have been crafted in AD69, will be the centrepiece of the Specialist Coin auction at Fieldings Auctioneers in ...