The world does not need another general biography of Augustus, Rome’s first emperor from 31 BC till his death in AD 14, unless it has something special to offer. Anthony Everitt’s selling point is ...

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus, also known as Octavianus in Latin, was the architect of the Roman Empire. Born on September 23, 63 BC, he became the first Roman emperor, ruling from 27 BC until his ...

For example, the infamous emperor Tiberius’ reputation ... continue to debate. Caesar’s assassination set off a chain reaction that led to the collapse of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Empire ...

According to what experts have discovered over the years, it once housed the remains of Augustus himself, along with those of Tiberius, Claudius and other members of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.

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.

Tiberius is banished from Rome and Augustus sees the future as lying in his young grandsons Lucius and Gaius. Antonia has also borne a child by Drusus: Claudius.