One of denarii was struck by the Roman dictator Sulla (138 to 79BC), who won the first full-scale ... and a third by his rival and winner of that civil war, the first Roman emperor Augustus [63BC to ...

The ultimate lesson of the Roman Republic’s fate is that once you’ve allowed one man to rule as a monarch, even if you pretend he doesn’t, you are past the point of no return.

Historians record that the unified Roman Empire was ruled by 69 emperors between the first emperor Augustus (who reigned from 27 B.C. to A.D. 14) and Theodosius (ruled from A.D. 379 to 395), but ...

Coin hoard spans Roman republic to first emperor. 15 June 2025. Share Save. Katy Prickett. BBC News, Norfolk. ... One of denarii was struck by the Roman dictator Sulla (138 to 79BC), ...

A life-sized statue of a Roman emperor posing as the classical hero Hercules has been discovered during sewer repair works near the Appia Antica (Appian Way), ancient Rome's first highway.