Having fought his way into power, Augustus used religion as a tool to protect his position and promote his political agenda. Having gained power by force in a bitterly fought civil war ...

After his victory at the battle of Actium, Augustus was a hero to the Roman people. But he knew that the Senate still viewed him with suspicion. Augustus was very aware of the bloody fate of his ...

It may also have been where Augustus' biological father – Gaius Octavius – died, according to Dr Andrew Sillett, a classics lecturer at the University of Oxford, who is not involved with the ...