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 ...

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 ...

On this celebration of Christmas, Luke’s Gospel features accounts of two proclamations, one preceding and one following the ...

Thanks to the artist Haroun Binous, we now see that Roman emperor Augustus was the heartthrob Daniel Craig of the ancient ...

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 ...

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 ...

If the Roman emperor Caesar Augustus, two millennia ago, only wanted a complete set of data about the population in Judea, ...

Every student affected passed the subject, a government spokesperson said, with more than 40 per cent receiving an A grade.

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. The latter days of the Roman Republic, which preceded the ...

In the early fourth century A.D., Rome was notorious for persecuting Christians. Yet the night before battle, Constantine ...