Drusilla Minor
Julia Drusilla Minor: The Infant Shadow of a Dynasty In the history of Rome, few lives were as brief or as tragically punctuated as that of Julia Drusilla, known as Drusilla Minor (39 – 41 CE). The only child of…
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Caesonia
Milonia Caesonia: The Last Empress of Caligula In the volatile court of the Emperor Caligula, where wives were often discarded as quickly as they were wed, Milonia Caesonia (c. 5 – 41 CE) stood out as a woman of enduring…
Gaius “Caligula”
Gaius “Caligula“: The God-King of Rome Of all the Roman Emperors, few have been as thoroughly blackened by history as Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, known to the world by his childhood nickname, Caligula (c. 12 – 41 CE). While…
Drusus Caesar
Drusus Caesar: The Betrayed Prince In the blood-soaked history of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, Drusus Caesar (c. 8 – 33 CE) stands as one of its most tragic and complex figures. As the second son of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder,…
Nero Caesar
Nero Caesar: The Tragic Heir of Germanicus While history remembers “Nero” as the infamous emperor who fiddled while Rome burned, he was actually the second man of that name to be caught in the lethal gears of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.…
Agrippina the Elder
Agrippina the Elder: The “Masculine” Matron of the Julio-Claudians In the male-dominated corridors of early Imperial Rome, few women commanded as much respect—and inspired as much fear—as Vipsania Agrippina, better known as Agrippina the Elder (c. 14 BCE – 33…
Alcibiades
Alcibiades: The Golden Boy and Rogue of Athens In the history of the Peloponnesian War, no figure is as dazzling, charismatic, or destructive as Alcibiades (c. 450–404 BCE). A kinsman of Pericles and a beloved student of Socrates, he was…
Alcestis
Alcestis: The Paragon of Devotion and the Conquest of Death In the vast landscape of Greek mythology, where heroes typically seek glory through slaughter and conquest, Alcestis stands as a unique figure. The daughter of King Pelias and the wife…
Ajax the Lesser
The Wrath of the Gods and the “Gyrae Rocks” The gods did not let the insult to Athena go unpunished. During the voyage home, Athena and Poseidon conspired to destroy the Locrian fleet. 1. The Shipwreck: A massive storm wrecked…
Ajax
Ajax the Great: The Bulwark of the Achaeans In the epic tapestry of the Trojan War, while Achilles represented brilliant fury and Odysseus embodied cunning, Ajax the Great (Aias) stood as the personification of immovable strength and soldierly endurance. Known…