PBS

Bust of Augustus as a young man

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, over the ...
The New York Times

AUGUSTUS CAESAR.; Life and Times of the Great Emperor -- His Acts and Policy.*

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...
Popular Mechanics

Archaeologists May Have Unearthed the Legendary Death Site of the First Roman Emperor

This story is a collaboration with Biography.com. Archaeologists have made a groundbreaking discovery in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius: the long-hidden villa that may mark the final resting place of ...
Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Augustus: First Emperor of Rome’

AUGUSTUS: FIRST EMPEROR OF ROME By Adrian Goldsworthy Yale University Press, $35, 624 pages Caesar Augustus remains the person in the ancient world whose image is the most recognizable, surviving to ...
Daily Mail

Ancient marble head discovered under Italian town's 2,000-year-old city walls is identified as Rome's first emperor Augustus by his big ears and unusual 'swallow-tail' hairstyle

Archaeologists in central Italy have uncovered a marble head of Augustus Caesar, the first emperor of the Roman empire. The sculpture, which has lost its body and nose was discovered while renovating ...
Daily Mail

Mausoleum built 2,000 years ago for Rome's first emperor, Augustus, finally reopens to the public after 14 years following $12.25 million restoration project

A mausoleum built two millennia ago for the first Roman emperor, Augustus, has finally reopened to the public after 14 years and a $12.25 million restoration project. The funerary monument took five ...