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 ...

Researchers from the University of Tokyo have unearthed an ancient villa from beneath volcanic ash that they believe may have been used by the first Roman emperor, Augustus (63 B.C.—A.D. 14). The team ...

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 ...

The ruins of a Roman villa near Mount Vesuvius, discovered under the remnants of another villa built above it many years later, may have been where Augustus, the first Roman emperor, drew his last ...

ROME (Reuters) - After decades of neglect, one of ancient Rome's most important monuments, the mausoleum of the first emperor Augustus, has been restored and will reopen early next year, city ...

After years of restoration, the houses of the Roman Emperor Augustus and his wife Livia were opened to the public on Thursday, the AFP reports. Restoring of the several frescoed rooms, which were once ...

Emperor Augustus' frescoed palace atop Rome's Palatine Hill, one of the city's famous seven hills, will partially reopen to the public March 2 after decades of restoration work, officials said Monday.

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Visitors to the home of Augustus Caesar in Rome can now see restored frescos that were never before displayed to the public, reports the AFP. To protect the fragile artwork, the rooms will only be ...

Pompeii was famously buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, killing several thousands. Ever since the 18th century, excavations have been removing volcanic rock to uncover the secrets of ...

Of one thing, historians unanimously agree: Caligula, Rome's Emperor from A.D. 37 to 41, was not well-liked. Born Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus in A.D. 12, Caligula (named for his favorite type of ...