He combined military might, institution-building and lawmaking to becomeRome's only ruler, laying the foundations of the 200-year Roman Peace and an empire that lasted, invarious forms, for nearly 1,500 years.Of Augustus' many names, historians favor three of them, each for a different ...
His reinstitution of conservative policy and wide scale public improvements helped to not only bring Rome out of the ashes of a century of civil war, but established Augustus as the unassailable and unchallenged ruler of the Roman world for nearly half a century. Early Life Gaius Octavius was ...
Note that although the word Caesar signifies the ruler of the Roman emperor, in the case of the first of the Caesars, it was just his name. Julius Caesar was not an emperor. 02 of 12 Octavian (Augustus) Gaius Octavius—known as Augustus—was born on September 23, 63 BCE, to a prospe...
First Emperor of the Roman Empire Gaius Octavius, better known to historians as Augustus, succeeded his great uncleJulius Caesarfollowing his assassination. In his wake,Augustuswould become the first Emperor of the newly formedRoman Empireand bring massive, sweeping revisions to Roman law as well as...
ordering Caesarion’s death, Octavian was left as the unrivalled ruler of the Roman Republic. Dying to learn more about Ancient Rome?We’ve rounded up the best podcasts here. 5. He was a military ruler – and a patron of the arts
Once ruler, Æthelstan sought to expand his realm. He first made a strategic alliance with Sihtric, the Scandinavian ruler of York, who had come to Northumbria from Dublin. After Sihtric’s death in 927, Æthelstan claimed control of Northumbria for himself. He secured important northern...
While in Turkey, Atony formed a short-lived romantic and political alliance with Cleopatra, but later returned to Italy, where he reconciled with Augustus and married the ruler’s sister, Octavia. Antonywasn’t quite donewith Cleopatra, however. He rekindled both a romance and p...
Exercise⑥ Translate the following (continued from the above): The Other Side of Midnight (Excerpts) Sidney Sheldon Constantin Demiris was the ruler of an empire larger and more powerful than most countries. He had no title or official position, but he regularly bought and sold prime ministers...
The British Museums exhibition of choice artefacts from third century BC emperor Qin Shihuangdis mausoleum is essential viewing. Iron age Yorkshire chariot burials will never look the same again – and neither will western art.Qin Shihuangdi, born in 259BC and ruler of the Qin dynasty (pronounced...
‘In a report to Frederick Barbarossa, ruler of the Holy Roman Empire, they are called Heyssessini. William, Archbishop of Tyre, wrote that “both our people and the Saracens called them Assissini,” but, he adds, “we do not know the origin of this name.” ‘By the thirteenth centur...