Ancient Rome was a dangerous place to be an emperor. During its more than 500-year run, about 20 percent of Rome's 82 emperors were assassinated while in power. So, what led to their downfalls?

One-fifth of the men who presided over the Roman Empire were assassinated Wikimedia Commons Great power often comes with great responsibility—and risk. Just ask the men who presided over the Roman ...

Other Roman emperors met far more bloody ends than the cheese-loving Antoninus. Nero committed suicide; Galba was murdered by ...

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Gladiator II. The drama in Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II, out Nov. 22, not only takes place in the Colosseum arena floor, but also in the stands, between the ...

10 Worst Roman Emperors Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re looking at the ten most widely reviled and criticized Roman Emperors. Serving between 253 and 260, Valerian reigned during the Crisis of ...

Emperors of ancient Rome tended to die bloody, violent deaths. In fact, a Roman gladiator had better odds of surviving a brutal fight in the arena than an emperor had of dying peacefully of natural ...

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 ...

Ruling Imperial Rome was a risky business—a gladiator was more likely to survive his fight than a Roman emperor was to die peacefully of old age and natural causes. According to a paper published in ...

Julio is a Senior Author for Collider. He studied History and International Relations at university, but found his calling in cultural journalism. When he isn't writing, Julio also teaches English at ...

Transfers of power are a funny thing. Once a victor has been announced and the dust settles on the hard-fought contest, most people return to their daily lives. But there are some on the losing side ...

Some contemporary accounts suggest that they did some scheming. “In one of the sources, it even says that they had a plan to split the Empire in the middle,” says Andrew Scott, a professor of ...

Ancient Rome was a dangerous place to be an emperor. During its more than 500-year run, about 20% of Rome's 82 emperors were assassinated while in power. So, what led to their downfalls? According to ...