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A photorealistic representation of what the Roman emperor Augustus (r. 27 BCE-14 CE) may have looked like as a young man. Based on contemporary and near contemporary descriptions, as well as archaeological evidence such as the Augustus of...

Propaganda played an important role in Octavian (l. 63 BCE - 14 CE) and Mark Antony's (l. 83 – 30 BCE) civil war, and once victorious at the Battle of Actium (31 BCE), Octavian returned home to become the first Roman emperor. The decade preceding...

Algeria, Africa's largest country, stretches from the Mediterranean coastline to the Saharan desert interior. The country has some of the finest and most diverse Roman sites, including Timgad and Djémila, both well-preserved and UNESCO-listed...

The Regia was an old (7th Century BCE) structure that may have first been the king's house in the regal period. By the time of the Augustus, it took on its definitive appearance, faced with Carrara marble. The structure had a number of...

Marble statue of Emperor Augustus (27 BC-34 CE) dressed in his role as the high priest Pontifex Maximus, Corinth Archeological Museum.

A detail of the bronze statue of Roman emperor Augustus found in the sea near Euboea, 12-10 BCE (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)

Marble statue of Augustus as Pontifex Maximus, late Augustan period. (Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome)

The facial features and the scalp hair reflect the typical characteristics of the Roman Emperor Augustus (Octavianus). Marble. Roman Period, 27 BCE to 14 CE. From Pergamon, Bergama, in modern-day Turkey. (Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul...

Granodiorite statue which depicts the upper part of a body of an Egyptianized king. The man is probably Roman emperor Augustus. From modern-day Egypt. Roman period, 1st century CE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Colossal portrait of Augustus, 1st century CE. (Vatican Museums, Rome)