Originally written in 121 CE during Emperor Hadrian's time (the one who built Hadrian's Wall, where you can still hike today ...

Ancient Rome. Episode 102 | 55m 16s Video has Closed Captions | CC. The Romans gave Europe its first taste of a common culture—and awe-inspiring art. 10/01/2022 | Expires 10/01/2027 | Rating TV-PG ...

From 27 B.C.E. to 180 C.E., the Roman Empire saw a period of relative tranquility and prosperity now known as the Pax Romana — which translates to "Roman Peace." But despite the name of this era ...

Four frescoed rooms in Ancient Roman Emperor Augustus's House on Rome's Palatine Hill opened to the public for the first time on Sunday. WORLD / Photo (Xinhua) Updated: 2008-03-10 08:57 ...

No surprise, then, that perspectives on Augustus – in liberal democracies, at any rate – should have taken a progressively more sceptical turn. Writing in the late 1930s, the great ancient historian ...

After Caesar Augustus defeated his rival Mark Antony at the battle of Actium in 31 BC, the victor returned to Rome and greeted throngs of celebrating citizens. A man with a raven on his arm ...

Of all the Roman emperors, one stands head and shoulders above the rest. Augustus was the first emperor, ruling from 27 BC until 14 AD. And this summer marked the 2,000th anniversary of his death ...

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 ...

Archaeologists in Tuscany found more than 20 bronze statues that were thrown into a muddy thermal hot spring during ancient Roman times. Photos from the Italian Culture Ministry via AP The Roman ...

Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World, by Mary Beard. Liveright. 512 pages. $39.99. If men think about the Roman Empire all the time, they do not do it under conditions of their own making.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -Ancient Rome lasted a thousand years, from 500 BC to AD 500 It grew for 500 years, peaked for 200, and fell for 300 years. Actually, it's a bit more complicated than that.