In a New Yorker profile, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg described his fascination with the Roman emperor Augustus, who Zuckerberg praises for achieving 200 years of world peace, although it came through ...
Researchers from the University of Tokyo have unearthed an ancient villa from beneath volcanic ash that they believe may have been used by the first Roman emperor, Augustus (63 B.C.—A.D. 14). The team ...
Archaeologists in central Italy have uncovered a marble head of Augustus Caesar, the first emperor of the Roman empire. The sculpture, which has lost its body and nose was discovered while renovating ...
Archaeologists have uncovered a marble head of the Roman emperor Augustus in the Italian town of Isernia, located in the region of Molise. According to a report by the Italian publication Il Giornale ...
A mausoleum built two millennia ago for the first Roman emperor, Augustus, has finally reopened to the public after 14 years and a $12.25 million restoration project. The funerary monument took five ...
He was the first Roman emperor, who took over from Julius Caesar and built an empire that would eventually stretch from the UK to Egypt, boasting on his death bed that “I found Rome built of bricks, ...
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, Augustus was ...
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Cleopatra’s last victory: How a defeated queen humiliated Augustus
He wanted to display her in chains. He ended up carrying a mannequin. When Octavian (soon to be Emperor Augustus) declared Egypt conquered, he thought he had captured the most famous woman in the ...
Emperor Augustus' frescoed palace atop Rome's Palatine Hill, one of the city's famous seven hills, will partially reopen to the public March 2 after decades of restoration work, officials said Monday.
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 ...
In a New Yorker profile, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg described his fascination with the Roman emperor Augustus, who Zuckerberg praises for achieving 200 years of world peace, although it came through ...
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