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 was very aware of the bloody fate of his uncle, Julius Caesar ... was sitting among the gods. As Caesar's heir, this made Augustus the son of a god - a fact he was not shy of reminding ...