Curated playlist
Sons of Roman emperors
- Constantine II (emperor)Roman emperor Constantine II was erased from official records after his death.
- HostilianRoman emperor Hostilian may have died of plague or murder. Ancient writers disagree on how the boy died in 251.
- Constantius ChlorusThe Roman emperor Constantius Chlorus never heard the name Chlorus. Byzantine-era historians coined it after he died.
- Constantine the GreatConstantine, the first Christian Roman emperor, was baptized only on his deathbed.
- CaracallaRoman emperor Caracalla was stabbed by a soldier while stopping to urinate on a road. He had turned 29 that very day.
- GallienusRoman emperor Gallienus was stabbed outside Milan after a false report of an enemy breakout.
- DomitianRoman emperor Domitian was stabbed by a steward who faked an arm injury to hide a dagger.
- Gordian IIGordian II was Roman emperor for about 22 days in 238 AD. No recorded reign was shorter.
- ArcadiusRoman emperor Arcadius was named co-ruler by his father before he turned five. Others steered his reign.
- TitusEmperor Titus reportedly died saying, "I have made but one mistake." No one agrees what it was.
- CommodusRoman emperor Commodus was strangled in his bath by his own wrestling partner. He was thirty-one years old.
- BritannicusEmperor Claudius's son Britannicus was poisoned at a dinner before turning fourteen.
- GermanicusRomans began mourning Germanicus before the Senate ordered it. He died in Antioch in AD 19, aged thirty-three.
- HonoriusTen-year-old Honorius inherited the western Roman Empire and lived to see Rome sacked.
- MaxentiusEmperor Maxentius ended the persecution of Christians in his lands at least five years before the Edict of Milan.