Kieren Johns

Iris, divine messenger and daughter of Titans, was the goddess of the rainbow. She blazed a colorful streak through mythology.

The Roman emperor Caligula, once a popular darling, managed to alienate all his supporters, resulting in the Palatine Plot and Rome’s first imperial assassination.

Marcus Aurelius is remembered as one of Rome’s greatest “Golden Age” emperors. Is this reputation deserved? His reign, from Meditations to nepotism.

Dive into the controversial life of Emperor Elagabalus, whose controversial reforms saw him scorned by history for his eccentric personality.

From unexpected beginnings, the Roman Emperor Claudius would become one of ancient Rome’s more effective rulers as a builder, an administrator, and an unlikely conqueror.

This is the story of the Samnite Wars, the young Roman Republic’s conquest of southern Italy, and the start of an empire.

Discover the stories behind some of the most famous ancient Greek sculptors, the world they lived and worked in, and the masterpieces they created.

During the height of Rome’s Golden Age, the Empire was stricken with a deadly pandemic. Discover the history and mystery of the Antonine Plague.