Adopted by Caesar, Augustus (c ... The Romans bought it. During his reign, Augustus achieved a lot. He expanded the empire, adding Egypt, northern Spain and large parts of central Europe before ...

Early in his reign, Halley’s Comet passed over Rome. Augustus claimed it was the spirit of Julius Caesar entering heaven. If Caesar was a god then, as his heir, Augustus was the son of a god and ...

Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, known for his tumultuous reign as Roman emperor from AD 54 to AD 68, built the "Golden House" whose archaeological treasures continue to astonish, with this ...

Charlemagne and The Sopranos, Trump and I, Claudius – all owe a debt to the imperial biographies of Suetonius.

Charlemagne, the greatest king of his age, had died in 814, after a reign of almost 50 years ... the longest and most detailed in Suetonius’s collection. Augustus, the adopted son of Julius Caesar, ...

And the republican facade endured during his reign. But his rule ... wrestled for control; Julius Caesar squared off against his rival Pompey. And, of course, Augustus himself seized power through ...