The start of imperial Rome is officially dated to 27 BCE, when Gaius Octavius Caesar was awarded the name Augustus, signaling ...

At the age of 36, the autocratic Augustus Caesar became Emperor and protector of some 50 million souls who inhabited a ...

“You might be tempted to think it's an image of Julius Caesar. It is actually a sculpture of Augustus, Rome's first emperor. It's a sculpture that lives at the Vatican Museum, made of marble and ...

Caligula was adored by the people of Rome, too, in part because of their love for Germanicus but also out of sympathy for the ...

As someone who’s studied Ancient Rome for years, I’ve recently been asked which Roman emperor was most like Donald Trump. In ...

Editors note: This column was edited after initial publication to correct an error that was edited into the original text.

The Romans famously claimed to be descended from the Trojans, but does this legend have any basis in actuality?

From the fall of Rome to the rise of Christianity, Tom Holland's books offer a modern lens on ancient history. Here, we rank ...

Pliny the Elder’s 37 volume Naturalis Historia is the largest single work to have survived from the Roman Empire. It includes ...

They will be like a Caesar (emperor) and a half Caesar (viceroy). [Moshiach, the new David, will be the Caesar and the original David will be the Viceroy, the half-Caesar]. A few questions come to ...

When you’re the emperor Augustus, they let you do it.