The Roman emperor Caligula's name has become a byword for depraved tyranny, used as a popular benchmark for everyone from Idi Amin to Jean-Bedel Bokassa. But was Caligula really mad and bad, or the ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on Nov. 21, 2021. The original video can be viewed here. When workers broke ground on an underground parking lot in the heart of Rome 18 years ago ...

A Clockwork Orange catapulted Malcolm McDowell to iconic status as an actor, and it seems that either he, or his later directors, decided that his approach to the role of Alex was gold dust, and ...

Caligula, the ancient Roman emperor infamous for his insanity and cruelty, may have had a soft spot for plants, according to recently published research. A new study co-authored by Trevor Luke, a ...

There’s no rehabilitating the reputation of Caligula. The 1st-century C.E. Roman Emperor has gone down in the annals of history accused of deeply transgressive behavior, to say nothing of his ...

Hollywood just can’t stop thinking about the Roman Empire. Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator 2” is in the works, and Francis Ford Coppola’s Roman epic-inspired “Megalopolis” premieres in theaters in September ...

Set in a Roman tavern during the tumultuous reign of Emperor Caligula, the play unfolds over a raucous gambling night that ...

Despite reigning for just four years, Caligula is remembered as perhaps the cruellest, maddest, most perverted, extravagant, and murderous of Roman emperors. His reign was also marked by a testy ...

Caligula, the ancient Roman emperor infamous for his insanity and cruelty, may have had a soft spot for plants, according to recently published research. A new study co-authored by Trevor Luke, a ...