When Augustus died in 14 AD, the Roman Senate declared him to be a god, as they had previously done for his stepfather Julius. Augustus was an interesting title.

Julius Caesar had become Rome’s first dictator after 49 B.C., when the republic was faltering, after leading soldiers who’d become loyal to Caesar while abroad, returned to Italy by crossing ...

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He was Caesar’s adopted son, and it’s fair to assume he shared a lot of beliefs with his adopted father, given that when he chose the name Augustus when he became emperor, he added the name Caesar in ...

So, the great Caesar Augustus, the first Emperor of Rome, Son of the Divine Julius Caesar, the son of god, who sat at the epicenter of all political and military power, had just become a footnote ...

After the infamous assassination of his adopted father Julius Caesar in 44 B.C., Augustus defeated Mark Anthony at the battle of Actium in 31B.C., became the sole emperor of Rome and ushered in 40 ...

Now, archaeologists have unearthed a concrete structure nearly 10 feet wide and 6.5 feet tall that may have been erected by Augustus, Julius Caesar's successor, to condemn the assassination.

Having seen Julius Caesar assassinated for assuming the role of a dictator, he knew that appearance mattered more than reality. By claiming not to have the power he undeniably possessed, he kept ...

Friends, Romans, countrymen and tourists will now be able to walk through the Largo di Torre Argentina square near where Julius Caesar is believed to have been assassinated in 44 B.C.