By day, she was the emperor’s wife, the most admired woman in Rome, who lived in a palace and wanted for nothing. By night, ...

Starting out as a Roman statesman and military leader, Augustus used his cunning and political leverage to become the first … ...

President Biden warned America that an oligarchy is forming in Washington DC and that it threatens our republic. Turns out, this is not a new story. For 482 years (509 BCE–27 BCE), ancient Rome ran as ...

in 29 B.C.E., and thereafter Octavian claimed the title of emperor and the name Caesar Augustus. Elections were held for a while, but results were foreordained. Julius Caesar’s assassins had fai ...

Had he done that he might have prevented Octavian (later to become the emperor Augustus) from undermining his political standing at home by depicting him as plotting not only to rule the republic ...

This mythology is enshrined in Rome’s epic poem, Virgil’s Aeneid (19 BC), written to curry favor from Rome’s first emperor, Julius Caesar’s adopted son, Octavian Augustus. Need a break?

As one of history's most famous figures, many stop to wonder what Cleopatra VII Philopator really looked like.

Cleopatra ruled over Ancient Egypt from 51 to 30 BC and was the last ruler of the Greek Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt.

President Donald Trump predicted a new golden age of America in his inaugural address. Past golden ages haven't been golden ...

The proclamation of a “golden age of America” by President Donald Trump in his inaugural address last week was initially pretty exciting.