Augustus, a man meticulous about his public image and about consolidating power as the first emperor of Rome, had rather ...

Roman emperor Augustus understood, just as Donald Trump does, that to stand at the head of a superpower is to stand as an ...

55.5 x 43.2 cm. (21.9 x 17 in.) ...

What was Roman Egypt like? In what ways did it differ from when the Greeks had ruled it during the Ptolemaic period?

The three leaders succeeded in their plan to avenge Caesar, defeating his assassins at the Battle of Philippi. Many mark the forming of the alliance as the end of the Roman Republic, although some ...

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The Roman Empire's enduring legacy has profoundly impacted modern politics, architecture, law, and culture. Yet, its origins ...

In Mary Beard’s book, she examines twenty-nine of ancient Rome’s emperors beginning with Julius Caesar and ending with ... she states her theme, “The Roman world was, in our terms, a cruel ...