It’s not coincidental that today’s optional memorial follows the Solemnity of Peter and Paul. Sts. Peter and Paul stand at ...

Discover why Tiberius, reluctant and reserved, was nonetheless pushed into becoming the second emperor of Rome after Augustus’s death. This video explores the political maneuvering, dynastic pressure, ...

Brunello Cucinelli has sought to lead his luxury empire—and the town that became its heart—with benevolence. And with the ...

The Roman Republic lasted from 509 to 27BC and a series of unrest and civil wars in the 1st Century BC marked its transition ...

A collection of ancient Roman coins amassed by a former Latin teacher from Connecticut was sold at auction for over $1 million this week. Carol Ross' interest in ancient Roman currency and history led ...

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But as a New Testament scholar, I find them unsettling. They remind me of the golden ages heralded by the Roman emperors Augustus and Nero and their supporters. Much like the golden age offered to the ...

Roman emperors were constrained by institutions Some who fell foul of the army, the most important state institution, met ignominious ends. In 217 CE, the unpopular emperor Caracalla was knifed by ...

Something tells me US president Donald Trump would love to be a Roman emperor. The mythology of unrestrained power with sycophants doing his bidding would be seductive. But in fact, Roman emperors ...

Augustus was Rome’s first emperor. In so becoming, he dismantled the republic and founded a monarchy that would last for more than a millennium. In Rome, most aristocratic men were also senators ...

Roman emperor Augustus understood, just as Donald Trump does, that to stand at the head of a superpower is to stand as an actor upon the great stage of the world.

Augustus, a man meticulous about his public image and about consolidating power as the first emperor of Rome, ... Feeding Emperor Augustus Caesar: Handmade Roman Cheese. Posted: February 12, 2025 ...