Stories of a remarkable birth, promises of salvation and the announcement of “good news” surrounded Rome’s first emperor.

Over the Christmas and New Year’s break I began reading for pleasure, and to expand my knowledge, the recent biography on Augustus by Adrian Goldsworthy: Augustus: First Emperor of Rome. It is well ...

Octavian was 18 when his granduncle Julius Caesar was assassinated in Rome in 44 B.C. His will designated Octavian his adopted son and primary heir, but none of the leaders of the Roman Republic took ...

There’s a well-mannered, tea-drinking Oxbridge elephant in the room with any modern biography of the Roman emperor Augustus — and Adrian Goldsworthy, also the author of the best-selling “Caesar: The ...

With degrees in Etruscology and Roman architectural history, Diane Favro has traveled to every corner of the Roman Empire, from Algeria to Germany to Lebanon, and written several books on the subject ...

His handsome and eternally youthful face topped with blond curls in imitation of Alexander the Great – more images survive of Caesar Augustus than any other human being from the ancient world. Like ...

What’s in a name? Quite a lot really, especially for the Romans. Take the emperor Augustus for instance who changed his name more times than Cheryl Cole… Tweedy ...