Nero was the last of the Julio-Claudian emperors, and one of the most controversial with his alleged matricide and the Great Fire of Rome.

Myths are adaptable, and the author Claudian adapted the myth of Persephone for politics and Christianity of the later Roman empire.

The relationship of Hadrian and Antinous, the most powerful man of the Roman Empire and a young Greek boy, is iconic in LGBT+ history.

Constantine the Great was a Roman emperor who legalised Christianity, paving the way it to become the dominant religion in Rome later on.