This marble bust portrays Roman Emperor Augustus, combining individualized likeness with the smooth, youthful appearance of a deity. Credit: Walters Art Museum, licensed under CC0. What comes to mind ...

Statue of Marcus Aurelius, one of the most famous Roman emperors to love ancient Greece and its philosophy. Credit: Livioandronico2013 / Wikimedia commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 Several prominent ancient ...

What Was a Roman Emperor’s Daily Life Like?' Classicist and author Mary Beard sits down with Tristan Hughes in this filmed podcast for the The Ancients podcast to discuss the role of the Roman ...

Susan Wright Photography In A.D. 143 or 144, when he was in his early 20s, the future Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius set out for the country estate of his adoptive father, Emperor Antoninus Pius.

The first emperor Augustus paid little attention to hair but was scrupulous about shaving, even though barbers hacked away with pretty crude instruments and could inflict painful wounds (spiders’ webs ...

In one post, he compared Trump to “a Roman emperor” who tells other nations what to do. In another, he accused Trump and Vice President JD Vance of insulting and threatening Ukrainian ...

Former Costa Rican president calls Donald Trump 'Roman emperor,' receives message that his US visa is revoked.

That is why considering what undid the Roman Republic is useful today—if we can learn from the Romans’ mistakes. Augustus was Rome’s first emperor. In so becoming, he dismantled the republic ...