When you’re the emperor Augustus, they let you do it.

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 ...

In modern times, the term Pax Romana — a period spanning from 27 B.C.E. to 180 C.E. — may seem inaccurate, especially since ...

In 12 B.C., Augustus, at the height of his power ... greatly improved overland travel in the empire. Roman legions could shuttle long distances along it at an average speed of almost four miles ...

To Augustus, he must have seemed just the man ... asserted that the defeat “nearly wrecked the empire.” Roman writers, says Wells, “were baffled by the disaster.” Though they blamed ...

“Anyone feeling late stage empire vibes ... was by then securely established on the ruins of the Roman republic, and Augustus was succeeded without question by his stepson, Tiberius.

We asked Boris Johnson, a classicist and a political leader, how he rated Augustus: "He became a vital part of the glue that held the whole Roman Empire together. You could be out there in Spain ...

Nothing intimates the slow unravelling of the Roman empire quite like ... and Ovid — a Rome shaped by Augustus Caesar. If Honorius marked the empire’s decline, Augustus announced its ascent.

Until Gaius Octavius took power, becoming the first emperor, Emperor Augustus, which is when the ... to consider the size and diversity of the Roman Empire. Julia discovers a coin showing the ...