may have been where Augustus, the first Roman emperor, drew his last breath, archaeologists say. The earlier villa, which excavations suggest was inhabited before the first century A.D., seems to ...

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

The Emperor of Rome was already the ... would see him as their supreme spiritual leader. Roman religion had many gods and spirits and Augustus was keen to join their number as a god himself.

In modern times, the term Pax Romana — a period spanning from 27 B.C.E. to 180 C.E. — may seem inaccurate, especially since there was some violence and unrest during the era. However, for many ...

When it comes to Roman Emperors and their fate, a big mystery appears that has baffled historians and archaeologists alike ...

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I'm looking into the eyes of one of the most famous leaders in the history of the world - Caesar Augustus, the first Roman Emperor. We have his bronze head here in the Roman galleries in the ...

The Roman legal code in place at the time forbade ... the Romans erected a monument to the emperor Augustus. Clay McLachlan Bruno Tassan wages a tireless campaign to locate and save vestiges ...

The Roman Empire began in 27BC when Augustus became the first official Roman emperor. At its height, it spanned as far west as northern England and as far east as Syria. Life in the Roman Empire ...

The conversion—one of the last projects that the Iraqi-British architect worked on before dying—wraps a landmarked structure ...