Known for initiating two centuries of peace in Rome, Augustus Caesar’s rise to political power was anything but amicable.
Archeological remains are a reminder of the grandeur of the city during the Roman Empire era with many public buildings showcasing the influence of its founder, Caesar Augustus. ©iStock/RossHelen It is unknown why tourists and people considering a move to Spain often overlook the city of ...
Alexandria was captured by Julius Caesar in 47 BCE during a Roman intervention in the domestic civil war between king Ptolemy XIII and his advisors, and queen Cleopatra VII. It was finally captured by Octavian, future emperor Augustus on 1 August 30 BCE. In CE 115, wide areas of Alexandria...
If time permits, take a visit toTrastevere on Sunday morning. This area of Rome was originally built to be a city port where storehouses held goods at the time of Augustus and continued to do so until the end of the 19th century. Trastevere then became a downtown market residential quarte...
197; and Geta, Severus' second son, brother of Caracalla, was not associated by his father with himself and his other son as Augustus until a.d. 208, though he had received the title of Caesar ten years before, in the same year in which Caracalla had received that of Augustus. For ...
The history of the postal service in France goes back to the time of Julius Caesar, who mentions in his De Bello Gallico a mail service running along the Rhone valley in Gaul. The province then benefited from Emperor Augustus's creation of the cursus publicus, which was at first restricted...
A pattern of construction and destruction went on in the Forum for hundreds of years, starting in 27 B.C. with Rome's first emperor, Augustus, and lasting through the 4th century A.D., when the Western Roman Empire was conquered by the Ostrogoths. After this time, the Forum fell into ...
Caligula was born Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus in Antium (modern Anzio) on August 31, 12 C.E. His mother, Agrippina, was the granddaughter of Emperor Augustus (63 B.C.E. –14 C. E.). Caligula's father, Germanicus, was Emperor Tiberius's (42 B.C.E. –37 B.C.E. ) nep...
Armenia, however, continued to be an issue, and would really remain so late into the Empire. In 2 BC Augustus sent his grandson, Gaius Caesar, to deal with the problem, but he was wounded in a minor battle. After a long illness resulting from his wound, Gaius died, as did his brothe...
The Screech Owls (genus: Megascops) are owls only found in the Americas, where they are mostly resident (non-migratory).