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 ...

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 ...

A s was the Roman custom, Augustus adopted his stepson Tiberius as his heir, and Tiberius became Rome’s second emperor in 14 CE. Ancient authors did not remember Tiberius kindly, inevitably ...