You’ve heard of Nero, of course. He’s a highlight of world history in high school - the crazy Roman emperor who supposedly fiddled with a tune while the city burned to the ground. You’ve heard he was ...

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Historian Alexander Meddings has revealed the most gruesome death in history - and which part of his body was cut off. Rome's leaders are renowned for their dramatic final moments but one ruler stands ...

In thousands of years of horrendous deaths it can be difficult to believe there is a single most gruesome. But historian Alexander Meddings believes we need to look no further than a string of ...

Historian Alexander Meddings has delved into the gruesome deaths of Roman emperors, claiming that one stands out as the most horrific. On his website, Meddings said: "There were, of course, ‌'bad ...

In the long history of gruesome deaths, it's hard to pinpoint the most horrific. However, historian Alexander Meddings suggests that we needn't look further than a series of brutal demises suffered by ...

Caligula was one of Rome’s most tyrannical emperors. His reign from 37-41 AD was filled with murder and debauchery at levels even his infamous nephew Nero could not reach. He was also mad. Aside from ...