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A Roman sarcophagus depicting a drinking contest between Hercules and Dionysus was unearthed in Israel’s Caesarea, revealing mythological art and Roman views on death.

According to this paean, Augustus initiated a time of agricultural abundance, societal security, and political dominion and peace: a golden age. Such sentiments are echoed by Virgil: “You’ve heard his ...

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In the first century B.C.E., decades of aristocratic overreach and the authoritarian violence of Augustus’s predecessors Sulla and Caesar brought Rome to the brink more than once, but Augustus ...

Previously, the series covered Caesar’s campaigns in Gaul, ... How Drusus Formed Rome's Germanic Frontier - Emperor Augustus. Posted: February 26, 2025 | Last updated: February 26, 2025.