Augustus died in 14 CE, and his stepson and adopted successor Tiberius ensured his apotheosis and deification. Following the ...

Artists have been inspired by Roman art and painted Roman legends ... July' from Julius (Caesar) and 'August' from Augustus (Caesar). Ancient Rome has also influenced the legal system of many ...

Octavian, Julius Caesar’s ... After Augustus’ death, the Roman Empire was plagued by a series of rulers who failed to live up to the political and social standards that Augustus had set. Augustus’ ...

An 18th-century depiction of Caesar meeting Cleopatra, by artist Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo ... as the Caesar named his grandnephew Octavian (who would later take the name Augustus) as his heir. In 44 ...

The Roman historian Suetonius’ biography of the controversial Emperor Tiberius ... deaths of Augustus’ young heirs, he found himself primed to become the next caesar of Rome.

Scientists in France may be hot on the trail of a long-lost canal that the Romans built over two millennia ago while battling ...

The intrigue around artist couples spans generations. A 1933 article about Frida Kahlo, which resurfaced a few years ago, was met with a collective eye roll: “Wife of the Master Mural Painter ...

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Guest: Linda Gordon is Professor Emerita of History at New York University. She is the winner of two Bancroft Prizes for best book in American history, most lately she is the author of Seven Social ...