Roman society was, in many ways, surprisingly sophisticated. It built remarkable things like aqueducts that snaked over long ...

Peter Stothard's new book enlightens us on the life and relationships of Rome's most accessible and promiscuous poet.

Tourism is surging in many places around the world—swarmed national parks, throngs of visitors amassing in churches and ...

Roman Grand Strategy Under Tiberius (Bokförlaget Stolpe, 2024) In AD 9, three Roman legions suffered a massacre in a ...

Something tells me US president Donald Trump would love to be a Roman emperor. The mythology of unrestrained power with ...

HABEMUS papam, folks! Yes, in layman’s terms, we have a new pope. And with the pontification of Pope Leo XIV comes the reminder that Latin is a very useful language indeed. After all, not only did ...

Augustus and Nero also offered peace and security for those who fell in line. Paul critiques them in his epistle to ...

Centuries later, Herod the Great rebuilt the city and renamed it Sebaste—Sebastia in later usage—in honor of the Roman Emperor Augustus, whose name in Greek, "Sebastos," carried the same ...

The start of imperial Rome is officially dated to 27 BCE, when Gaius Octavius Caesar was awarded the name Augustus, signaling his position as emperor. Following his precedent, Rome would be ruled by ...

At the age of 36, the autocratic Augustus Caesar became Emperor and protector of some 50 million souls who inhabited a ...