He was Rome's first and arguably greatest emperor, a fine soldier and wise administrator who boasted that he found Rome built of bricks and left it cloaked in marble. But as the city prepares to ...
ROME (Reuters) - Rome, a city that thinks in millennia, is going through a bout of "Augustus fever" to mark the 2,000th anniversary of the death of its first emperor, who left his mark on Rome and ...
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 ...
An image projected on the walls of the Forum of Augustus displays a view of ancient Rome in Rome April 21, 2014. The project is one of many initiatives to mark this year's 2,000th anniversary of the ...