When you’re the emperor Augustus, they let you do it.

To avoid Caesar’s fate, Augustus charmed the Senate and the people by pretending ... His vision and power had expanded the Roman Empire to become far more than a collection of countries.

And although every inch a Roman, he wanted them to know ... After his death, Augustus was declared a god by the Senate, to be worshipped by the Romans. His titles Augustus and Caesar were adopted ...

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Pagan Rome, 37 A.D. As the frail, syphilis-ridden, and half-mad Emperor Tiberius nears the end of his reign, Prince Gaius Augustus Germanicus ... the disgust of the Roman Senate.

Thanks to the Senate that enabled him, Augustus—and every Roman emperor who followed—was a brutal dictator. Some might argue that the empire that rose from the ashes of the republic brought ...

Thanks to the Senate that enabled him, Augustus—and every Roman emperor who followed—was a brutal dictator. Some might argue that the empire that rose from the ashes of the republic brought peace and ...

And although every inch a Roman, he wanted them to know ... After his death, Augustus was declared a god by the Senate, to be worshipped by the Romans. His titles Augustus and Caesar were adopted ...