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

Adopted by Caesar, Augustus (c.62 BC – 14 AD / Reigned 31 BC – 14 AD) had to fight for his throne. His long rule saw a huge expansion in the Roman Empire and the beginnings of a dynasty that ...

In 27 B.C.E., Octavian ascended to the Roman throne as Augustus. His rule marked the end of the Roman Republic and the start of the Roman Empire. As the first leader of a new era in ancient Rome ...

Augustus was Julius Caesar's great-nephew ... and he established a long-lasting peace during his 40 years of steady rule, initiating a golden period of stability and prosperity famously known ...