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.

Adopted by Caesar, Augustus (c ... The Romans bought it. During his reign, Augustus achieved a lot. He expanded the empire, adding Egypt, northern Spain and large parts of central Europe before ...

Early in his reign, Halley’s Comet passed over Rome. Augustus claimed it was the spirit of Julius Caesar entering heaven. If Caesar was a god then, as his heir, Augustus was the son of a god and ...

Octavian, Julius Caesar’s great-nephew and adopted son ... to make the Roman Empire a pleasant place to live. Under Augustus’ ...

Lifting the curtain on the life of the controversial emperor Tiberius.

And the republican facade endured during his reign. But his rule ... wrestled for control; Julius Caesar squared off against his rival Pompey. And, of course, Augustus himself seized power through ...