While Caesar was assassinated by a large group ... which began the tradition of emperors being seen as gods. After 25 years as Augustus, Octavian was given the title "Pater Patriae," or "father ...

Augustus was Julius Caesar's great-nephew ... Known at that point as Octavian, he quickly outshone all his peers in the scramble for absolute power. The pivotal moment in his rise was the defeat ...

His adopted son Octavian became Augustus, the first Roman Emperor. Julius Caesar's invasion of Britain came almost 100 years before Claudius's successful conquest in AD43 Pottery found at the site ...

Octavian changed his name to Caesar Augustus, and the Senate deified him. The Republic was never restored. The Empire, earmarked by limitless executive power, began spiraling downward featuring ...

The instability ended when Caesar's nephew Octavius became the first emperor, Augustus. But by this point, Piso has disappeared from the historical record. -He seems to fall out of the literary ...

In 49 B.C. on the banks of the Rubicon, Julius Caesar faced ... adopted son, Octavian, who consolidated the drift toward authoritarian leadership, later becoming the Emperor Augustus.

However, his career began long before securing this unprecedented role in 27 B.C.E. In 44 BCE, Augustus was still known as Octavian. He was Julius Caesar's 19-year-old grand nephew, adopted son ...

Villa was destroyed by volcanic eruption of AD 79 about 65 years after he died READ MORE: Pompeii's secrets are still being unearthed after 2,000 years Pompeii was famously buried by the eruption ...

Octavian's victory in the 31 ... generals Marius and Sulla wrestled for control; Julius Caesar squared off against his rival Pompey. And, of course, Augustus himself seized power through violence ...

Clinging to the side of a sheer granite cliff, in the shadow of Mount Solaro, 1,000 feet above the sea and the cruise-ship docks at Marina Grande, this superlative boutique-hotel is perhaps the ...