052- Caesar Augustus

After attaining power, Augustus set about reforming the Empire. 

Augustus promoted his steps sons Tiberius and Drusus to high office long before they were technically eligible. He hoped they would share power with him until Gaius and Lucius Caesar came of age, but Drusus died young and Tiberius went into self-imposed exile. 

The Julio-Claudian family was rife with conflict, but nothing compared to the battle fought against the Germans in the Teutoburg Forest. 

<p>Julius Caesar lies dead on the floor of the Senate. What will happen now? The answer lies with a man called Octavian, who will surprise and astonish the ancient world by reinventing the Roman state and ensuring two hundred years of peace - he is better known by his honorary ti ... Show More

En el 54 a.C., Julio César ordenó erigir en Roma un foro que superara en magnificencia a todo lo visto hasta entonces en la Urbe. 

<p>Après l’assassinat de César en 44, Octave, son fils adoptif, s’impose progressivement comme son héritier politique. </p> <p><br></p> <p>Octave écarte par la suite ses rivaux, Marc Antoine et Cléopâtre et surtout, il installe un nouveau régime, le principat. </p> <p><br></p> <p ... Show More

<p>After the death of his patron Julius Caesar, the Roman world was Mark Antony’s for the taking. His triumph over Caesar’s assassins at Phillipi in 42 BC only served to cement his legendary status as Rome’s most feared commander. But then came Octavian and Cleopatra…</p><br><p>I ... Show More

En enero de 1808, prácticamente toda Italia estaba bajo el dominio, directo o indirecto, del emperador Napoleón. Dispuesto a imponer su ley en toda Europa, en 1809 el emperador no dudó en arrestar al papa Pío VII y confinarlo en Francia hasta 1814, año en que fue liberado por los ... Show More

Despreciado por su propia familia a causa de sus defectos físicos, Claudio se vio marginado del poder por Tiberio y sufrió luego las crueles burlas de Calígula. Pero tras el asesinato de éste los pretorianos, para sorpresa de todos, lo auparon al trono imperial. Con el tiempo, se ... Show More

Julius Caesar makes a name for himself in Rome as a womanizer. A view into the women of the Roman Republic and the women in Caesar’s life. (Enter Marcus Porcius Cato and Servillia).   Note: Suetonius tells us Caesar drank very little wine and that even his enemies admitted that. ... Show More