Other Roman emperors met far more bloody ends than the cheese-loving Antoninus. Nero committed suicide; Galba was murdered by ...

For Romans, Augustus was the saviour who ended civil war; Tacitus reveals how power and propaganda traded liberty for the Pax ...

A newly renovated colossal mausoleum for the founder of the Roman empire Augustus has reopened to the public in the Italian capital after centuries of neglect. "Until now we have always known it as a ...

The ruins of a Roman villa near Mount Vesuvius, discovered under the remnants of another villa built above it many years later, may have been where Augustus, the first Roman emperor, drew his last ...

Augustus inherited a fractured Republic and found himself fighting wars on every horizon. In Spain, entrenched tribes ...

In a New Yorker profile, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg described his fascination with the Roman emperor Augustus, who Zuckerberg praises for achieving 200 years of world peace, although it came through ...

This story is a collaboration with Biography.com. Archaeologists have made a groundbreaking discovery in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius: the long-hidden villa that may mark the final resting place of ...

Having fought his way into power, Augustus used religion as a tool to protect his position and promote his political agenda. Having gained power by force in a bitterly fought civil war, Augustus was ...

During the age of emperors, Roman sculpture was of artistic, religious, and political importance, and often took on epic ...

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is a history buff at heart. In a recent New Yorker profile, the tech mogul revealed that his fascination with the ancient Roman emperor Augustus even figured into his 2012 ...

Mausoleum of Augustus in Rome, Italy. (Ethan Doyle White, creative commons, via Courthouse News) Mausoleum of Augustus in Rome, Italy. (Russell Yarwood photo/Flickr via Courthouse News) ROME (AFP) — A ...