A superb general and politician, Julius Caesar (c.100 BC – 44 BC / Reigned 46 – 44 BC) changed the course of Roman history. Although he did not rule for long, he gave Rome fresh hope and a ...

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus, also known as Octavian, reigned as Ancient Rome’s first emperor from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. One of the greatest figures of classical antiquity, Caesar ...

What did it mean to be an emperor in ancient Rome? That is the question that Mary Beard sought to answer in her 2023 book, “Emperor of Rome.” She wrote, “Everyone then, including emperors, was ...

In ancient Rome ... and could be punishable by death. When Caesar crossed the Rubicon with his legion, he put everything on the line. In "The Life of the Deified Julius," Suetonius writes that ...

His prospects were bleak: Rome was dangerous, engulfed by civil war between power-hungry factions. One of these was led by his great-uncle, Julius Caesar. Then Augustus got a lucky break.

In 49 B.C. on the banks of the Rubicon, Julius ... months. Caesar only delivered the death blow to Pompey’s stubborn followers in Spain a year later, in 45 B.C. Having returned to Rome, he ...

In ancient Rome ... and could be punishable by death. When Caesar crossed the Rubicon with his legion, he put everything on the line. In "The Life of the Deified Julius," Suetonius writes that ...

10, 49 B.C., Julius Caesar ... would lead Rome to autocracy in the coming decades, a risk the United States may face today.

The exhibition aims to tell the story of the ancient ... Ptolemies. Julius Caesar (100-44 BCE) met Cleopatra in Egypt in 48 BCE when he was 52 years old and had a wife back in Rome.