Released in 1976, the BBC miniseries 'I, Claudius' depicted intrigue in the Roman imperial family from Augustus to Nero.

‘To the Spirits of the Dep­ar­ted, Tiberius Claudius Sec­undus,” reads an ... stories about the orgies of Nero (who reigned from AD 54 until his death in AD 68) or the bizarre sexual ...

He may have been the first to choose a successor and call it hereditary succession, but he was not the last – Claudius sidelined his own son in favor of Nero, while Nerva "adopted" Trajan to ...

Tiberius knew he was not first choice ... She persuaded Claudius to disinherit his own son. She then murdered Claudius. Now Nero was emperor. Again, a good start soon gave way to a darker side ...

The limestone sphinx with its "smiley face and two dimples" is thought to represent Roman Emperor Claudius. It is much smaller than the famous Sphinx in the Pyramids of Giza, which is 20m (66ft ...