Little is definitively known about this Roman Empress, wife of the Emperor Aurelian, although she seems to have descended in some way from the Emperor Trajan. Aside from a brief listing in the...
Diocletian assumed command in 284, closing the book on five decades of near-anarchy. He ruled with an iron fist, stamping out Christians where he could. He is best remembered today for his Palace, an...
The Roman Age of Chaos began in 235 CE, when the Emperor Alexander Severus was set upon by his own troops, who replaced him with Maximinus I Max Thrax, as he is sometimes known. By the time Gordian...
Of common stock, Postumus rose swiftly through the ranks, eventually commanding Roman forces among the Celts a territory that included modern-day France, Belgium, Holland, and England. His soldiers...