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The rise of Augustus: Power, peace, and the cult of image

Follow Augustus’ journey from Octavian to emperor, through civil wars, the Battle of Actium, and the establishment of the ...
Popular Mechanics

Archaeologists May Have Unearthed the Legendary Death Site of the First Roman Emperor

This story is a collaboration with Biography.com. Archaeologists have made a groundbreaking discovery in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius: the long-hidden villa that may mark the final resting place of ...
CNN

Biggest circular tomb in the ancient world to open in Rome

He was the first Roman emperor, who took over from Julius Caesar and built an empire that would eventually stretch from the UK to Egypt, boasting on his death bed that “I found Rome built of bricks, ...
Live Science

Villa near Mount Vesuvius may be where Augustus, Rome's 1st emperor, died

Researchers say a villa buried by the eruption in A.D. 79 corresponds with records of the Roman emperor's death in A.D. 14. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...
BBC

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Libby Purves meets actor Brian Cox and singer June Tabor. Coming up at: 21:58 Weather View full schedule Head of Augustus (made 2,000 years ago). Bronze statue, found in Mero , northern Sudan I'm ...