His father died when Augustus was four. His prospects were bleak: Rome was dangerous, engulfed by civil war between power-hungry factions. One of these was led by his great-uncle, Julius Caesar.

But he knew that the Senate still viewed him with suspicion. Augustus was very aware of the bloody fate of his uncle, Julius Caesar, when senators suspected him of trying to create a dynasty of ...

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus/Octavian, ultimately became the first Emperor of Rome. The daughter of King Philip IV the Fair of France, she was born in the early 1290s and was married to Edward on ...

Caesar’s grand plans were cut short by his assassination on the Ides of March in 44 BCE, but his legacy endured in the Roman Empire of Augustus. Gaius Julius Caesar was born into the gens Julia, ...

(Julius Caesar) What was the name of the very first emperor of Rome? (Emperor Augustus - formerly Gaius Octavius) This film is relevant for teaching History within the National Curriculum at KS2 ...