His father died when Augustus was four. His prospects were bleak: Rome was dangerous, engulfed by civil war between power-hungry factions. One of these was led by his great-uncle, Julius Caesar.

but he illuminated Augustus’ strategies in ways that America’s framers found sobering, cautionary and salutary. Julius Caesar ...

A superb general and politician, Julius Caesar (c ... Without a son of his own, he needed an heir. Caesar quickly adopted his great nephew, Augustus. He also moved fast to strengthen the northern ...

Tax day has changed history, with examples including the Rosetta Stone, Julius Caesar’s progressive policies, Caesar Augustus ...

The glory of Augustus is not quite as unalloyed as he wanted us to believe. Augustus was Julius Caesar's great-nephew. The assassination of Caesar in 44 BC left Augustus the heir to his fortune ...

Roman proconsul Julius Caesar conducts a series of military campaigns ... later becoming the Emperor Augustus. Under this brilliant, implacable leader, the new Roman Empire buried the old ...

Octavian the first emperor of Rome who was granted the title Augustus meaning the illustrious one How did this man become the heir of Julius Caesar who had died in the middle of his career This ...

Julius Caesar squared off against his rival Pompey. And, of course, Augustus himself seized power through violence, and snuffed out his rivals along the way. But it's inaccurate to think of the ...

(Image from White House video) Commentators love to compare Donald Trump’s norm-breaking ways to Julius ... first emperor, Caesar’s great-nephew Octavian, who took the name Augustus ...