In a New Yorker profile, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg described his fascination with the Roman emperor Augustus, who Zuckerberg praises for achieving 200 years of world peace, although it came through ...

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Archaeologists have already located places where Augustus partied, but a new lead has emerged in the century-long search for the villa where Ancient Rome’s first emperor passed away. Since 2002, the ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Archaeologists say they may have discovered the death site of the Roman ...

Augustus (63 B.C.–A.D. 14) was the first emperor of Rome. Born Gaius Octavius, he was later adopted by his great-uncle, Julius Caesar, and then known as Octavian. After Caesar’s assassination, ...

Stories of a remarkable birth, promises of salvation and the announcement of “good news” surrounded Rome’s first emperor.

A coin dating back to a Roman emperor has been discovered in the historic Azerbaijani village of Qamərli (Armenian: Metsamor) ...

Having fought his way into power, Augustus used religion as a tool to protect his position and promote his political agenda. Having gained power by force in a bitterly fought civil war, Augustus was ...

Mark Zuckerberg has a particular fascination with a certain Roman emperor — to the extent that he and his wife named one of their daughters after him. In a profile for the New Yorker, Zuckerberg ...