It may also have been where Augustus' biological father – Gaius Octavius – died, according to Dr Andrew ... great-uncle and adoptive father Julius Caesar was murdered. He was born in 63 ...

The outrage that followed set the stage for the civil wars that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the birth of the ...

His father died when Augustus was four. His prospects were bleak: Rome was dangerous, engulfed by civil war between power-hungry factions. One of these was led by his great-uncle, Julius Caesar.

After his death, Augustus was declared a god by the Senate, to be worshipped by the Romans. His titles Augustus and Caesar were adopted by every subsequent emperor, and the month of Sextilius was ...