(CN) – Emperors of the Roman Empire were not long-reigning rulers as a majority of them met an untimely end from either assassins, suicide or combat. New research released Sunday finds that the ...

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Researchers studying a 2,200-year-old Roman shipwreck off the Adriatic coast have uncovered its travel and repair history by analyzing pollen trapped in its waterproof coating. Layers of pitch and ...

Studies have shown that in the Roman Empire, the culture was very developed and the governing emperors also lived a rich life, while the emperors had a very high probability of violent death .

Two thirds of Roman emperors faced the greatest risk of a violent death in their first year in office, according to new research into the life cycle of the ancient rulers. Researchers from the Georgia ...

We have your nerdy-and-totally-neutral holiday gathering anecdote: An aerospace engineer studied the death patterns of 69 Roman emperors and found that they mimic the lifespans of mechanical and ...