Was Caligula misunderstood? New research shows the Roman emperor likely knew more about medicinal plants than historians once believed ...

A new study by the Yale Ancient Pharmacology Program (YAPP), published in the journal Proceedings of the European Academy of ...

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By most historical accounts, the Roman Emperor Caligula was a nightmare–a sadistic, debaucherous, and unstable despot.

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The image of Caligula as a deranged despot obsessed with power and violence has been etched into history thanks to accounts from his contemporaries. Now, a new study led by researchers at Yale ...

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The notoriously cruel Roman emperor Caligula may have been quite knowledgeable about medicinal plants, a new study suggests.

Caligula, the notoriously erratic Roman emperor known for his bloodthirsty cruelty, probably also possessed a nerd's ...

A common whiff in the Roman city would have come from the animals and the waste they created. Roman bakeries frequently used ...

A multidisciplinary team led by researchers from the Interdisciplinary Center for Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR) has succeeded, for the ...

We can probably safely assume Rome, in many areas, was likely pretty dirty and rank-smelling. That said, there's evidence of ...