When Augustus died in 14 AD, the Roman Senate declared him to be a god, as they had previously done for his stepfather Julius. Augustus was an interesting title.

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Augustus did more, adopting Julius Caesar as his posthumous “father”, and declaring him a god in almost his first act as consul – and himself, by inference, the “son of a god”.

Adopted by Caesar, Augustus (c.62 BC – 14 AD / Reigned 31 BC – 14 AD) had to fight for his throne. His long rule saw a huge expansion in the Roman Empire and the beginnings of a dynasty that ...

After the infamous assassination of his adopted father Julius Caesar in 44 B.C., Augustus defeated Mark Anthony at the battle of Actium in 31B.C., became the sole emperor of Rome and ushered in 40 ...

The collapse of the Roman republic, and the establishment amid its rubble of the rule of the Caesars, constitutes the primal political narrative of the West. In 49 BC, a system of government founded ...

Compared with some of the other big characters of the era such as the glamorously lusty Mark Antony and the iron-willed Julius Caesar, Augustus has taken a back seat in the public imagination.