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

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.

Augustus was Rome’s first emperor. In so becoming, he dismantled the republic and founded a monarchy that would last for more than a millennium. In Rome, most aristocratic men were also senators ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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.