Weird things I know about Italians: if there's a stray cat around, they're going to find a moment to sneak away and feed it.

Marble statue of Emperor Augustus at the National Archaeological Museum in Rome, Italy. A team of archaeologists may have uncovered the remains of the villa where the emperor is thought to have died.

Agaricus augustus became Colorado's official state mushroom on March 31, 2025. (Amanda Pampuro/Courthouse News) DENVER (CN) — The emperor mushroom, Agaricus augustus, stands supreme in Colorado after ...

Suetonius has given us some idea of how Augustus looked. If Suetonius was correct, the Emperor was rather under the middle height. His hair was curly, and he was a blonde. His left leg and hip ...

The senators never called him emperor in his own day, but as primus inter pares, or first among equals, Augustus was allowed to pretend he was part of the republican system even as he destroyed it.

THE luxurious but tragedy-stricken villa where the first Roman emperor, Augustus, is believed to have died has been unearthed ...

Archaeologists discovered a long-hidden villa that may mark the final resting place of Augustus, buried for centuries under volcanic ash since 79 AD.

The Emperor of Rome was already the most powerful man on earth, but this wasn’t enough. Augustus wanted a piece of heaven too: he was determined that his people would see him as their supreme ...

A ring believed to contain an image of Augustus Caesar, the first emperor of Rome, sold for $145,000 in a recent auction in Birmingham, England. The initial estimate was well below that figure.

One of my own favorite biographies is Adrian Goldsworthy’s excellent "Augustus: The First Emperor of Rome." His empire, political legacy, and military innovations have shaped the world.