A crown could buy almost anything except a clear ending. Across history, kings, queens, emperors, and heirs have died in circumstances that left behind missing bodies, contradictory witnesses, suspicious wounds, and questions that remain remarkably difficult to answer.
Victorious dynasties, political enemies, religious propagandists, playwrights, and filmmakers have spent centuries turning complicated people into convenient villains. Modern scholarship has not necessarily declared these figures innocent, but closer examination of the evidence has made many of their darkest legends considerably harder to defend.
Spoiled Brats in History Facts. From Emperor Nero to King Henry VIII, these spoiled brats took "royal fit" to the next level.
From in-law massacres to ponytail strangulations, witness the limits of motherly love with 25 soothing facts about history’s most ruthless matriarchs.
"I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble."—Augustus The Roman Empire completely dominated the Mediterranean world for centuries, and the emperors that led it were some of the most...
Roman Emperors Facts. From the death of Julius Caesar to the mad ramblings of Nero, here are the most ruthless Roman Emperors in history.
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