March 15 is associated with misfortune and doom. On this day, Roman dictator Julius Caesar was murdered at the hands of ...

Augustus, born Gaius Octavius in Rome in 63 B.C., was the great-nephew and adopted son of the Roman general and politician Julius Caesar, who was assassinated in 44 B.C. After Caesar's death ...

While the “frivolous East” may have been happy to venerate men as though they were gods, the serious men of the Roman ...

Adopted by Caesar, Augustus (c.62 BC – 14 AD / Reigned 31 BC – 14 AD) had to fight for his throne. His long rule saw a huge expansion in the Roman Empire and the beginnings of a dynasty that ...

As Caesar's heir, this made Augustus the son of a god - a fact he ... northern Spain and much of central Europe. By his death, the empire was an enormous marketplace in which millions could ...

Time for the Romans was divided differently, with the Kalends, the Ides at the start and middle of each month, respectively, and the Nones sitting between them. With the intention of maintaining and ...