Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is a history buff at heart. In a recent New Yorker profile, the tech mogul revealed that his fascination with the ancient Roman emperor Augustus even figured into his 2012 ...
Julius Caesar’s assassination did not end his influence it turned him into a god. On January 1, 42 BC, the Senate declared Caesar divine, giving Octavian a powerful tool in the fight for power. Using ...
In 27BC Octavian made a theatrical display of returning full power to the senate and relinquishing his control of the Roman provinces and their armies. However, instead of accepting the senate gave ...