But when Julius Caesar overhauled the calendar, we got the New Year’s we’re used to today: January 1st, the first of a month named for the god Janus. This meant that the New Year’s Day ...

"I came, I saw, I conquered.” These famous words, spoken by Julius Caesar, embody the spirit of bold and decisive action.

Augustus claimed it was the spirit of Julius Caesar entering heaven. If Caesar was a god then, as his heir, Augustus was the son of a god and he made sure that everybody knew it. Now regarded as ...

Augustus claimed it was the spirit of Julius Caesar entering heaven. If Caesar was a god then, as his heir, Augustus was the son of a god and he made sure that everybody knew it. Now regarded as ...