Roman religion had many gods and spirits and Augustus was keen to join their number as a god himself. This was not unusual: turning political leaders into gods was an old tradition around the ...

As Caesar's heir, this made Augustus the son of a god - a fact he was not shy of reminding his people. In truth, Augustus did believe in restoring Rome to its former glories. He was a conservative ...

They've uncovered the remains of an 'extravagant' villa there, which they think is where Rome's first emperor Augustus died in ... the Greek god of fertility. A project to excavate the villa ...