Learn what this Roman emperor's secret garden meant to Roman society and why the discovery speaks to ancient Roman life.

Germanicus Julius Caesar – father of future Emperor Caligula – was the golden boy of the first Roman imperial family – the Julio Claudian dynasty. He was born in 15 BC to Nero Claudius ...

One of these was led by his great-uncle, Julius Caesar. Then Augustus got a lucky break. In 46 BC, Caesar won the civil war and was named dictator of Rome. To secure his position, he needed an heir.

His main work, “Lives of the Caesars,” gave a vivid picture of Rome from the time of Julius Caesar to the Emperor Domitian. In this book, Suetonius organized his biographies not by person ...