If you consider the Roman Empire to have ended in 476 and count only emperors who were old enough to rule for their entire ...

I was also grateful for the family trees at the back. Most helpful. Augustus – From Revolutionary to Emperor by Adrian Goldsworthy (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, £25) is available at expressbookshop ...

Zuckerberg likes emperors. He adores Emperor Augustus – the man who turned Julius Caesar’s insurrection against the Roman Senate into a monarchy.

Visitors to the home of Augustus Caesar in Rome can now see restored frescos that were never before displayed to the public, reports the AFP. To protect the fragile artwork, the rooms will only be ...

From military might to philosophical insights, ancient leaders such as Alexander the Great, Hatshepsut, and Cyrus the Great ...

Augustus was the first Roman emperor and led the transformation from republic to empire after his great-uncle and adoptive father Julius Caesar was murdered. He was born in 63 BC with the name ...

Aged only 19, Augustus came to power in 43 BC, in the month that would be named after him, an unelected warlord avenging his murdered great-uncle, Julius Caesar. Once he had wrested control of the ...

Zuckerberg likes emperors. He adores Emperor Augustus – the man who turned Julius Caesar’s insurrection against the Roman Senate into a monarchy.

His handsome and eternally youthful face topped with blond curls in imitation of Alexander the Great – more images survive of Caesar Augustus than any other human being from the ancient world ...