The 1st century CE Roman author Tacitus is one of the most important primary sources that we have for Rome under the ...

Years later, Caesar’s nephew Octavian (who would later become Caesar Augustus) joined Mark Antony and Lepidus to form the Second Triumvirate. Infighting and ambition led to decline and dictatorship.

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus, also known as Octavianus in Latin, was the architect of the Roman Empire. Born on September 23, 63 BC, he became the first Roman emperor, ruling from 27 BC until his ...

Tiberius is banished from Rome and Augustus sees the future as lying in his young grandsons Lucius and Gaius. Antonia has also borne a child by Drusus: Claudius.