In Augustus the Strong: A Study in Artistic Greatness and Political Fiasco, Tim Blanning restores the ‘incorrigible Saxon’ to ...

One way legacy manifests in Civilization VII is through the game’s new civ and leader system. In previous games, choosing a ...

Non-Western intellectuals and strategists have often wrongly equated domestic dysfunction and division in US democracy with ...

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

A haul of more than 400 coins from the early Roman era has been discovered by two metal detector enthusiasts near Utrecht.

In 6AD, this was on the mind of the Roman Emperor Augustus. Having already added Egypt to the Empire, he was keen on further expansion, but to achieve it he needed to overcome a systemic ...

Among the reasons for the Empire's failure was the leadership at the very top. From around 200-400 AD, the later Emperors frequently rose to and fell from office, with struggles for power becoming ...

With artefacts on loan from the British Museum, this modest show reminds us of the astonishing heritage of a country now ...

Archaeologists working at Emperor Nero’s grand palace in Rome, known as Domus Aurea, uncovered a rare and rather big Egyptian ...