History – Roman Memeoirs

Top 10 Roman Emperors – Aurelian, the Hero Rome Didn’t Deserve

May 15, 2021 Axel II The Great

#7: Aurelian – 214/215 – 275 (ruled 270–275) You know that hero everyone needs but doesn’t deserve? Gotham has theirs; Batman is a hero with his heart in the right place but is eventually vilified by the very people he’s saving. Who is Rome’s Batman? Why it’s none other than Aurelian. Lucius Domitius Aurelianus Augustus held the shortest reign of all the emperors on this list. He reigned for only five years, so what exactly could he have done that…

Top 10 Greatest Of All Time (GOAT) Roman Emperors

October 1, 2020 Axel II The Great

We’ve all heard those sayings about Rome before. You know the ones: “RoMe WaSn’T bUiLt In A dAy” “AlL rOaDs LeAd To RoMe” These sayings are cliché for a reason. They describe the greatness of the Eternal City. The legacy of Ancient Rome still lives in our hearts today, whether you feel it or not. Why? Because it lives in our systems of government, language, culture, roads, city names, etc. With influential empires come influential people. Some of these people…