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 ...

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In Rome during the 1st century B.C., Julius Caesar’s grand-nephew Octavian provoked and won a chaotic, decade-long power struggle in the republic, emerging victorious and intimidating the shaken ...

Augustus, a man meticulous about his public image and about consolidating power as the first emperor of Rome, ... Feeding Emperor Augustus Caesar: Handmade Roman Cheese. Posted: February 12, 2025 ...

Caesar Augustus, who was born in 63 BC and was originally known as Octavian, rose to prominence as the first emperor of the Roman Empire following the death of Julius Caesar, his great-uncle.While ...

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 ...

A 2,000-year-old garnet ring from ancient Rome that is believed to have an image of the first Roman emperor sold for nearly 600 times its expected price at a recent jewelry auction in England.

In Rome during the 1st century B.C., Julius Caesar’s grand-nephew Octavian provoked and won a chaotic, decade-long power struggle in the republic, emerging victorious and intimidating the shaken ...