Why was Alexander the Great seen by the Romans as the greatest military leader of the ancient world? This question would ...

In the shadow of Vesuvius, archaeologists discovered a pocket-sized bronze sundial in the shape of a ham in the summer of ...

Despite being accused of murdering his own wife, children and countless other innocents, King Herod is still known as 'the ...

and claimed the title of Caesar Augustus. In this three-hour Ancient Rome tour, we will look closely at this period and how, under the influence of the first emperors, Rome rapidly developed into one ...

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Donald Trump’s destruction of America’s 249-year-old constitutional republic and civic culture follows a historically familiar pattern that includes two especially striking precedents — one ancient, ...

with some enlargements of an Emperor's powers, is not yet considered to be entirely a phrase of the past." AUGUSTUS CAESAR AND THE ORGANIZATION OF THE EMPIRE OF ROME. By John R. Firth. Cloth.

later known as Caesar Augustus began a meticulously planned slow process aimed at finally obtaining the Roman kingdom with him as king or emperor. And he finally did it! Came in peaceably in defense ...

The Catholic Church has come full circle, from a pope born under Caesar Augustus to one born under Mayor Daley. • The 267th pope of the Catholic Church is a Chicago-born Augustinian, though he ...