I’ve spent many weeks over three separate trips exploring the French Riviera, and take it from me, an incredible hidden gem ...

In 12 B.C., Augustus, at the height of his power ... as it existed during the Roman Empire. The map's origins were obscure: a 13th-century monk from Colmar had apparently copied it from a Roman ...

Thanks to the Senate that enabled him, Augustus—and every Roman emperor who followed—was a brutal dictator. Some might argue that the empire that rose from the ashes of the republic brought ...

Stay tuned for in-depth battles, strategies, and the expansion of the Roman Empire under Augustus. French far-right leader Le Pen barred from seeking public office with immediate effect Jason ...

Roman buildings ... across the empire. But, despite constant patronage from the Roman elite, actors ranked among the dregs of society – little better than beggars. To give you a sense of their social ...

Consequently, in order to make August at least as long as July, Augustus stole one day from February (who would miss that!) and gave it to August—and here we are.” The Roman Empire has its ...

After Julius Caesar was assassinated, Augustus ... today as Iran. In Roman times, Persia was ruled by two different regimes. From 247 BCE-244 CE it was called the Parthian Empire, and from 224-651 ...

The Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius once said, “be like the cliffs against which the waves break and break.” Here are the stories of eight nations who stood like cliffs against the might of Rome ...

Augustus himself visited Gaul several times to quell the frequent unrest in border areas. Map of the Roman Empire at its greatest extent in 116 AD. Credit: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 The territory was ...

From Augustus Caesar proclaiming himself the first emperor of Rome in 31BC to the fall of the empire in 476 AD, we’ve curated a selection of the best books about Roman history below. One of the ...

The shirt featured a tribute to Zuckerberg's love of the Roman Empire and could be a vision ... August was named after Augustus Caesar, the first Roman emperor, who reigned from 27 BC to 14 ...

When you think of the Roman Empire, its great triumphs probably spring ... and marking an abrupt end to Emperor Augustus's plans to expand into the region. I took a look at Gamescom 2024, and ...