A con artist who was able to take power by spreading misinformation his supporters adhered to even when it was clearly false.

Shortly before Nerva died, Roman generals had debated who should be the next emperor. They chose Trajan, a former army commander, senator and governor of Upper Germany. The first emperor to have ...

This was led by Agustín de Iturbide, the first emperor of Mexico. Subsequently, after the second French intervention in the country, the Second Empire took place in Mexico, which ran from 1863 to ...

Australia’s booming wild rabbit population can be traced to 13 English animals that were released on Christmas Day in 1859. Thomas Austin, a settler who owned an estate near Geelong, Victoria, had the ...