Rome

To this day, no one knows why Rome banished Galla Placidia—but some say it's because of her chilling secret.

Brutus has gone down in history for cruelly betraying Julius Caesar—yet few people know this infamous traitor’s even darker history.

There's a reason that the Roman Senate tried to erase every mention of Empress Messalina—but we've uncovered her dark history.

Michelangelo Facts: He's one of the greatest artists of all time, but few people know about this renaissance man's dark history.

The reign of Emperor Nero was a total catastrophe—so it's fitting that when this deranged emperor's end came, it was utterly chilling.

History remembers Marcus Aurelius as one of the Roman Empire's "good" emperors—but in Ancient Rome, even the good guys did some pretty disturbing things.