They've uncovered the remains of an 'extravagant' villa there, which they think is where Rome's first emperor Augustus died in AD 14 – 65 years before the catastrophic eruption. The villa ...

One of my own favorite biographies is Adrian Goldsworthy’s excellent "Augustus: The First Emperor of Rome." His empire, political legacy, and military innovations have shaped the world.

I'm looking into the eyes of one of the most famous leaders in the history of the world - Caesar Augustus, the first Roman Emperor. We have his bronze head here in the Roman galleries in the ...

The Emperor of Rome was already ... man who would return Rome’s past glory, Augustus claimed that only by restoring the traditional values that had first made Rome great could he hope to make ...

Caesar Augustus tells of how he became the emperor to his reluctant daughter, Julia following the death of her husband Agrippa.

Though he eventually changed Rome’s constitution and reinstated the Senate, he held sole power, becoming Rome’s first Emperor and was given the name Augustus, which means “sacred/revered.” ...

Researchers from the University of Tokyo have unearthed an ancient villa from beneath volcanic ash that they believe may have been used by the first Roman emperor, Augustus (63 B.C.—A.D. 14).

As was the Roman custom, Augustus adopted his stepson Tiberius as his heir, and Tiberius became Rome’s second emperor in 14 CE. Ancient authors did not remember Tiberius kindly, inevitably comparing ...

I'm looking into the eyes of one of the most famous leaders in the history of the world - Caesar Augustus, the first Roman Emperor. We have his bronze head here in the Roman galleries in the ...