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 ...

What was Roman Egypt like? In what ways did it differ from when the Greeks had ruled it during the Ptolemaic period?

Augustus was Julius Caesar's great-nephew ... Known at that point as Octavian, he quickly outshone all his peers in the scramble for absolute power. The pivotal moment in his rise was the defeat ...

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 still known as Octavian. He was Julius Caesar's 19-year-old grand nephew, adopted son, and heir. On the Ides of March, Caesar was assassinated while the teenage Octavian was ...

Before Augustus was declared the first citizen of Rome or the son of the divine or a god among men, he was just a teenager named Octavian. Granted, he was the adopted son of the powerful dictator ...