Augustus Caesar Augustus Caesar, the first emperor of Rome, reigned from 27 BC to AD 14. His wealth was immense, estimated to be equivalent to one-fifth of the Roman Empire’s economy.

Bronze statue, found in Mero , northern Sudan I'm looking into the eyes of one of the most famous leaders in the history of the world - Caesar Augustus, the first Roman Emperor.

Jesus is sort of the anti-Augustus. Everything that made Augustus seem divine, Jesus lacked: He controlled no army, possessed no riches and wielded no political power.

Although it has sat unnoticed, unloved and rather overgrown for the last several decades, the famed Mausoleum of Augustus in Rome is getting a much needed facelift.

Yet 'Augustus' appears surprisingly rarely in his large corpus. 'Caesar', the cognomen borne by Julius Caesar's descendants, whether or not they became the monarch, is the name preferred most ...

In One Chart Richest men in history: Vladimir Putin, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett aren’t even close Augustus Caesar controlled much of the world’s most powerful states — including Egypt ...

How Augustus tinkered with the calendar In 8 B.C., Caesar’s great-nephew Augustus Caesar made his own change. During that year, Augustus renamed the 30-day month Sixtilis to Augustus.

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