Scholars translating a Roman victory stele, erected in the Temple of Isis at Philae in Egypt in 29 BC, have discovered the Roman Emperor Octavian Augustus’ name inscribed in a cartouche – an ...

Yet — and here is where Augustus tried to knockoff the Olympian heritage — the origin of the “Lusus Troiae” stems from ancient Troy, antedating the sack of the city in the 12th century B.C ...

The Mausoleum of Augustus is a funerary monument of the emperor Octavian Augustus. Construction began by his will in 29 BC, when he had not yet become emperor. Building started upon his return ...

The 2,000-year-old floor was uncovered at the Pausilypon, an imperial villa that was inherited by Octavian Augustus and passed down to subsequent emperors, according to a news release from the ...

Although Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa is best known as Octavian/Augustus’s right-hand man, Gaius Clinius Maecenas (c. 70-8 BC), a wealthy eques with Etruscan rather than Roman roots, was the third member ...

Caesar Octavian Augustus, arguably the greatest political leader the world has known, is mentioned in Luke’s Gospel for initiating the census that prompted the Holy Family’s trip to Bethlehem.

The 2,000-year-old floor was uncovered at the Pausilypon, an imperial villa that was inherited by Octavian Augustus and passed down to subsequent emperors, according to a news release from the ...