Julius Caesar was always going to be a tough act to follow, but Augustus didn’t just manage to outstrip his predecessor in ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The early villa at Somma Vesuviana. The ruins of a Roman villa near Mount Vesuvius, discovered under the remnants of another villa ...

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, ...

Quote of the Day: Augustus Caesar, Rome's first emperor, founded the Roman Empire. His quote emphasizes respect earned ...

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ROME (Reuters) - Rome, a city that thinks in millennia, is going through a bout of "Augustus fever" to mark the 2,000th anniversary of the death of its first emperor, who left his mark on Rome and ...