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3 days ago · His mother, Atia, was the niece of Julius Caesar. A denarius from 44 BC, showing Julius Caesar on the obverse and the goddess Venus on the reverse of the coin. Caption: CAESAR IMP. M. / L. AEMILIVS BVCA. His father died in 59 BC when Octavian was four years old. His mother married a former governor of Syria, Lucius Marcius Philippus.
2 days ago · In 38 BC, Tiberius' mother divorced his father and married Augustus. Following the untimely deaths of Augustus' two grandsons and adopted heirs, Gaius and Lucius Caesar , Tiberius was designated Augustus' successor.
Jun 12, 2024 · Julia, Daughter of Augustus in Exile, by Pavel Svedomsky, late-19th century. This was a sea change from her former life. Adored within the palace and outside of it, Julia Augusti (39 BCE-14 CE) was charismatic, sophisticated, and renowned for her joie de vivre.
Jun 20, 2024 · Mark Antony, Roman general under Julius Caesar and later triumvir, who, with Cleopatra, queen of Egypt, was defeated by Octavian (the future emperor Augustus) in the last of the civil wars that destroyed the Roman Republic.
- Mark Antony was a Roman general under Julius Caesar and later triumvir who ruled Rome’s eastern provinces (43–30 BCE). He was the lover of Cleopatr...
- Mark Antony was the son and grandson of men of the same name. His father was called Creticus because of his military operations in Crete. His grand...
- Mark Antony served with distinction as a cavalry commander in Judaea and Egypt. He then joined the staff of Julius Caesar. When the Civil War broke...
- Mark Antony and Cleopatra were partners for 11 years and had three children together. Apart from their undoubted mutual affection, their alliance w...
- Mark Antony was at war with Octavian for control of the Roman world, which he lost at the Battle of Actium (September 2, 31 BC). When Octavian’s fl...
Jun 27, 2024 · In 27 BC, Octavian was granted the title of Augustus, marking the final stage in the transformation of the Republic into a monarchy, with himself as the first Roman emperor. Early life [ edit ] A member of the plebeian gens Antonia , Antony was born in Rome [2] on 14 January 83 BC.
Jun 21, 2024 · Tiberius (born November 16, 42 bce —died March 16, 37 ce, Capreae [Capri], near Naples) was the second Roman emperor (14–37 ce ), the adopted son of Augustus, whose imperial institutions and imperial boundaries he sought to preserve. In his last years he became a tyrannical recluse, inflicting a reign of terror against the major personages of Rome.
Jun 21, 2024 · Tiberius - Roman Empire, Successor, Augustus: Although the opening years of Tiberius’s reign seem almost a model of wise and temperate rule, they were not without displays of force and violence, of a kind calculated to secure his power.
