Octavian was granted this title after emerging victorious from a series of civil wars triggered by the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C. During these wars Mark Antony, Caesar's former general, fought for control of the Roman world against some of Caesar's assassins, and later he all...
Cleopatra was the ambitious last ruler of the Macedonian Dynasty of Ancient Egypt. In her struggles to win the crown and keep her country free, she sought the support of Julius Caesar, bearing him a son. For a time she lived in Rome. Later, she won the protection of Rome through an af...
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Antiochus failed to reckon with the more powerful interests ofRome. In the summer of 168, a Roman ambassador, Popillius Laenas, arrived at Antiochus’s headquarters nearPelusiumin thedeltaand staged an awesome display of Roman power. He ordered Antiochus to withdraw from Egypt. Antiochus asked ...
The story of how Constantine picked Byzantium for his new capital to mirror Rome. The Hagia Sofia Istanbul, Turkey Take a walk through Justinian's great church, the Hagia Sofia, and see some of its remaining treasures. The Hippodrome
Constantine the Great was the Roman emperor who ruled from 306 to 337 AD. He was born in Naissus and in 293 AD, he was sent east where he rose to fame. He became an emperor by the army of Eboracum after the death of his father. ...