Agrippina the Younger was a very important woman in the reigns of three of the earliest Roman ... emperor Caligula, the wife of Claudius and the mother of Nero. Each one honoured her as the most ...

The first answer is simple: hereditary rule. For most of this period, emperors were not chosen on the basis of their ability or honesty, but simply because they were born in the right family.

I'm looking into the eyes of one of the most famous leaders in the history of the world - Caesar Augustus, the first Roman Emperor. We have his bronze head here in the Roman galleries in the ...