Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is a history buff at heart. In a recent New Yorker profile, the tech mogul revealed that his fascination with the ancient Roman emperor Augustus even figured into his 2012 ...

Throughout history, numerous kings have amassed immense wealth, often through conquest, trade, and strategic marriages. These monarchs wielded significant power and influence, leaving a lasting impact ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The first emperor's name is invoked more often by Ovid than by any other poet of the Augustan age. For this reason alone he might justly be ...

This head of the emperor Augustus was originally part of a statue in Egypt. The Romans used statues to remind the empire's largely illiterate population of the power of the emperor. Augustus is always ...

In today’s Old Testament reading, God gives the prophet Ezekiel a message—really, a scolding—for the prince of Tyre. “You are a man, and not a god, however you may think yourself like a god.” ...

Donald Trump’s destruction of America’s 249-year-old constitutional republic and civic culture follows a historically familiar pattern that includes two especially striking precedents — one ancient, ...