What comes to mind when you think about the kind of Roman Emperor who managed to establish an indestructible empire?

Augustus, born Gaius Octavius in Rome in 63 B.C., was the great-nephew and adopted son of the Roman general and politician Julius Caesar, who was assassinated in 44 B.C. After Caesar's death ...

Having fought his way into power, Augustus used religion as a tool to protect his position and promote his political agenda. Having gained power by force in a bitterly fought civil war ...

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 ...

It may also have been where Augustus' biological father – Gaius Octavius – died, according to Dr Andrew Sillett, a classics lecturer at the University of Oxford, who is not involved with the ...