Adopted by Caesar, Augustus (c.62 BC – 14 AD / Reigned 31 BC – 14 AD) had to fight for his throne. His long rule saw a huge expansion in the Roman Empire and the beginnings of a dynasty that ...

Archaeologists working at Emperor Nero's grand palace in Rome, known as Domus Aurea, have unearthed an extremely rare and ...

Augustus was Julius Caesar's great-nephew ... because statues like this were set up in cities all over the Roman Empire. This is how Augustus wanted his subjects to see him.

So, what caused this mighty empire to crumble into ruins? The Roman empire began in 27 B.C.E. when Augustus Caesar declared ...

Augustus was Julius Caesar's great-nephew ... because statues like this were set up in cities all over the Roman Empire. This is how Augustus wanted his subjects to see him.

Among the reasons for the Empire's failure was the leadership at the very top. From around 200-400 AD, the later Emperors frequently rose to and fell from office, with struggles for power becoming ...

Non-Western intellectuals and strategists have often wrongly equated domestic dysfunction and division in US democracy with ...

In 27 B.C., Caesar Augustus was declared the first Emperor of the Roman Empire by the Senate. In 1547, Ivan IV of Russia (popularly known as “Ivan the Terrible”) was crowned Czar.

Granted, he was the adopted son of the powerful dictator Julius Caesar ... and the dawn of the Roman Empire. The Pax Romana wasn't entirely peaceful, either Augustus gets a ton of credit for ...