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

The terra-cotta army, as it is known, is part of an elaborate mausoleum created to accompany the first emperor of China into the afterlife, according to archaeologists. Ying Zheng took the throne ...

Mikhail was awoken to become the first tsar of Russia, Alexei was awakened to die. Why? The Romanov dynasty came to a violent end Since the 19th century, the popularity of the monarchy in Russia ...

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 ...