As July winds down and we reach the month of August, teachers and parents know that it is almost time to start gearing up for the new term, and yours truly is no exception. But August is famous in ...

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, over the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An illustration by Tancredi Scarpelli of the assassination of Julius Caesar - Fototeca Gilardi/Getty In 44BC, Julius Caesar was ...

The great Roman emperor Augustus, grandnephew of Julius Caesar, was frightened of thunder and fond of virgins, but his most publicized characteristic was opposition to ostentation. He lived, according ...

Columns share an author's personal perspective. Regardless of our political persuasion, we Americans are generally an optimistic lot and usually, though less so of late, inclined to hope for the best ...

He was the first Roman emperor, who took over from Julius Caesar and built an empire that would eventually stretch from the UK to Egypt, boasting on his death bed that “I found Rome built of bricks, ...