Never the preferred heir, Tiberius (42 BC – 37 AD / reigned 14 – 37 AD) soon showed why Augustus had wanted someone else. His political inability, poor judgment ...

Not long ago, in the year 14 CE, Tiberius Caesar Augustus became the second emperor of Rome. (I mention this because, as we all know, history repeats itself, and so we need to pay attention.) Tiberius ...

For anyone who saw the BBC series I, Claudius, the image of Livia will be forever linked with the elegant and darkly humorous performance by Siân Phillips, the Welsh actress. The wife of Augustus ...

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, over the ...

Columns share an author's personal perspective. Regardless of our political persuasion, we Americans are generally an optimistic lot and usually, though less so of late, inclined to hope for the best ...

One of Jesus’ most famous sayings challenges us to consider a simple question: what do I owe to whom? The saying is mellifluous in the King James translation, “Render therefore unto Caesar the things ...