Augustus

May 24, 2016
Jubilation for the Julio-Claudians: ancient Roman general Germanicus was born on 24 May in the year 15 BCE.

March 18, 2015
Caligula was named emperor by the Roman Senate on 18 March 37 CE.

March 7, 2015
Roman emperor Antoninus Pius died on 7 March 161 CE in Lorium, an ancient Etruscan village on the Via Aurelia, less than twelve miles west of Rome.

August 19, 2014
On this day in 14 CE, Gaius Octavius, known as Augustus, died in Rome.

October 18, 2013
The exhibition Augusto opens today in Rome at the Scudiere del Quirinale .