An aspiring dictator, fueled by popular resentment, overthrows a failing republic. We've seen this show before ...

Caesar’s grand plans were cut short by his assassination on the Ides of March in 44 BCE, but his legacy endured in the Roman Empire of Augustus. Gaius Julius Caesar was born into the gens Julia, ...

Roman proconsul Julius Caesar conducts a series of military campaigns ... later becoming the Emperor Augustus. Under this brilliant, implacable leader, the new Roman Empire buried the old ...

The glory of Augustus is not quite as unalloyed as he wanted us to believe. Augustus was Julius Caesar's great-nephew. The assassination of Caesar in 44 BC left Augustus the heir to his fortune ...

But he knew that the Senate still viewed him with suspicion. Augustus was very aware of the bloody fate of his uncle, Julius Caesar, when senators suspected him of trying to create a dynasty of ...

Julius Caesar:What is now amiss? Metellus Cimber:Most high, most mighty, and most puissant Caesar, Metellus Cimber throws before thy seat an humble heart. Julius Caesar:I must prevent thee ...

A superb general and politician, Julius Caesar (c ... Without a son of his own, he needed an heir. Caesar quickly adopted his great nephew, Augustus. He also moved fast to strengthen the northern ...