Julius Caesar was believed to have messed up the months in a year, but was trying to fix the solar calendar, resulting in one ...

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

Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra and Rex Harrison as Julius Caesar ... Rome as Caesar’s heir, was intolerable. That situation never came to pass, however, as the Caesar named his grandnephew Octavian ...

The last Ptolemaic ruler was Cleopatra VII Philopator. Cleopatra allied herself with Marc Antony against Octavian (Caesar Augustus) but was defeated, and Egypt came under Roman rule. Important urban ...

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus, also known as Octavianus in Latin, was the architect of the Roman Empire. Born on September 23, 63 BC, he became the first Roman emperor, ruling from 27 BC until his ...

Few figures in history have been as mythologised as Julius Caesar. The Roman general ... something that may also apply to the accounts of Caesar’s death. For example, the infamous emperor Tiberius’ ...

On March 15, 44 BCE, ancient Rome witnessed one of the most infamous betrayals in history, the assassination of Julius ... Caesar’s death sparked a power struggle that ultimately led to the rise of ...

Following the assassination of Julius Caesar, Antony established himself as one of the ... paved the way for Octavian to ascend to the Roman throne as the emperor Augustus, fundamentally changing the ...

Pollen, the reproductive gametes of trees and grasses, has been a known affliction since at least the Roman Empire. Caesar Augustus was an allergy sufferer who was known to sneeze — the body’s ...

In American University’s Capstone Production of Julius Caesar, the play begins before the audience realizes it. Before the lights dim and the audience chatter fades away, a soothsayer begins to crawl ...

Julius Caesar wasn’t just a great general—his love life was just as legendary! He had affairs with powerful women, including Cleopatra, the Queen of Egypt, which caused quite the scandal in Rome.