AUGUSTUS: FIRST EMPEROR OF ROME By Adrian Goldsworthy Yale University Press, $35, 624 pages Caesar Augustus remains the person in the ancient world whose image is the most recognizable, surviving to ...

This story is a collaboration with Biography.com. Archaeologists have made a groundbreaking discovery in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius: the long-hidden villa that may mark the final resting place of ...

History is filled with rich examples of effective leadership that US policymakers should heed while searching for solutions to present crises. On Wednesday, two distinguished panels gathered at AEI to ...

Adopted by Caesar, Augustus (c.62 BC – 14 AD / Reigned 31 BC – 14 AD) had to fight for his throne. His long rule saw a huge expansion in the Roman Empire and the beginnings of a dynasty that, over the ...

The ruins of a Roman villa near Mount Vesuvius, discovered under the remnants of another villa built above it many years later, may have been where Augustus, the first Roman emperor, drew his last ...

Mausoleum of Augustus in Rome, Italy. (Ethan Doyle White, creative commons, via Courthouse News) Mausoleum of Augustus in Rome, Italy. (Russell Yarwood photo/Flickr via Courthouse News) ROME (AFP) — A ...

Walk through the Roman Forum as it stood at the pivotal moment Rome became an empire. This guided tour, led by a Roman history PhD, begins with the dramatic public cremation of Julius Caesar in 44 BCE ...

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is a history buff at heart. In a recent New Yorker profile, the tech mogul revealed that his fascination with the ancient Roman emperor Augustus even figured into his 2012 ...