Gaius Octavius was born in 63 B.C. in Rome. When his maternal great uncle, Julius Caesar, was assassinated for subverting the Roman Republic, the young Octavian, only 18 at the time, became his ...

Caesar’s republican opponents considered him a tyrant and assassinated him in 44 B.C., whereupon his grand-nephew Gaius Octavius, or Octavian (the future Augustus), whom he’d designated as his ...

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 ...

Now jump ahead to Octavian Augustus, the grand-nephew of Julius Caesar and his adoptive heir, who had defeated the assassins of his great-uncle and forced the mutual suicides of Marcus Antonius ...

Caesar Octavian Augustus, arguably the greatest political leader the world has known, is mentioned in Luke’s Gospel for initiating the census that prompted the Holy Family’s trip to Bethlehem.

The 2,000-year-old floor was uncovered at the Pausilypon, an imperial villa that was inherited by Octavian Augustus and passed down to subsequent emperors, according to a news release from the ...

Caesar Augustus, who was born in 63 BC and was originally known as Octavian, rose to prominence as the first emperor of the Roman Empire following the death of Julius Caesar, his great-uncle.While ...

The researchers theorize that Augustus could have once occupied the older villa. Born Gaius Octavius Thurinus , the young man was granted the name Augustus—the “exalted one”—by the Roman ...

Augustus, born Gaius Octavius in Rome in 63 B.C., was the great-nephew and adopted son of the Roman general and politician Julius Caesar, who was assassinated in 44 B.C.