As Rome’s first emperor, Octavian (Augustus Caesar) (63 B.C.–A.D. 14) is best known for initiating the Pax Romana, a largely peaceful period of two centuries in which Rome imposed order on a ...

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Caesar’s republican opponents considered him a tyrant and assassinated him in 44 B.C., whereupon his grand-nephew Gaius Octavius, or Octavian (the future Augustus), whom he’d designated as his ...

This is the same Caesar Augustus who is mentioned in the opening of St. Luke’s Gospel. In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole world should be enrolled.

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, ...

Reflecting on these words, I realized that they reminded me of someone in particular: Augustus Caesar. Recently, I’ve been listening to an excellent podcast called “The History of Rome.” ...

Mark Zuckerberg wants to be just like Augustus Caesar. Zuckerberg told The New Yorker in a 2018 profile that he started studying Latin in high school at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire.

Caesar’s republican opponents considered him a tyrant and assassinated him in 44 B.C., whereupon his grand-nephew Gaius Octavius, or Octavian (the future Augustus), whom he’d designated as his ...