A sphinx found at an ancient Egyptian temple may depict the face of the Roman emperor Claudius, but not everyone agrees with this interpretation. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Those who criticize President Biden as “too old” or “slow” or “confused” might learn something from the very similar treatment of the Roman emperor Claudius. Claudius, who ruled from 41 to 54 CE, was ...

President Biden on Jan. 5 and a bust of the Emperor Claudius in the Altes Museum in Berlin. Photos via Reuters and Wikimedia Commons Those who criticize President Biden as “too old” or “slow” or ...

A Roman-era limestone sphinx was discovered from an excavation site of a limestone cabin, 310 miles south of the Egyptian capital of Cairo. The latest discovery is believed to be based on the royal ...

A gold Roman coin celebrating the conquest of Britain by Emperor Claudius — a coin first discovered in 1895 in the ashes of Pompeii — has sold at auction for nearly $22,400. The gold coin that marks ...

One of the funniest works of Roman literature to survive—and the only one that has ever made me laugh out loud—is a skit, written by the philosopher Seneca, about the Emperor Claudius’ adventures on ...

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 ...

Rome and its emperors are with us still. What are the “Hunger Games” but a modern version of the gladiator fights-to-the-death with which the emperors pacified unruly citizens? If television had ...