It’s striking to compare the radical departure in Jesus Christ’s message from the kingdom of domination, intimidation and brutality Caesar Augustus had been championing.

One of these was led by his great-uncle, Julius Caesar. Then Augustus got a lucky ... power passed to his stepson, Tiberius. Augustus had ended 100 years of civil war and achieved over 40 years ...

Whether Tiberius and Augustus agreed that Tiberius should ... He was not related to Julius Caesar, and his father chose the wrong side, at least for a while, during the wars that followed the ...