From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

In 44 B.C. a young man arrived at the home of Mark Antony. The young man's great-uncle had recently been killed and he, having been named heir, had come to Rome to put the family's affairs in order.

Today the Tremiti Islands, off Italy's east coast, are a tourist destination. A handful of rocky outcrops they are surrounded by clear water. On sunny days the sea glows dazzlingly blue. It's a pretty ...

Archaeologists used radiocarbon dating and chemical analysis of the volcanic layers covering the earlier building, which confirmed that the building predates the Vesuvian eruption in AD79.

AUGUSTUS: FIRST EMPEROR OF ROME By Adrian Goldsworthy Yale University Press, $35, 624 pages Caesar Augustus remains the person in the ancient world whose image is the most recognizable, surviving to ...

PM has compared his purge of Tory MPs to Roman emperor’s brutal cull of enemies, but what else could he emulate? Boris Johnson has reportedly compared himself to the founder of the Roman empire in ...

As the world marks 2,000 years to the day since the death of the Augustus, The Local brings you ten fascinating facts about Rome’s first ever emperor. Augustus, also known as Gaius Octavius, died two ...

We Should Not Kick Catholic Priests out of the U.S. Don’t Block Progress on Pancreatic Cancer Audio By Carbonatix Thoughts on the 2,000th anniversary of Augustus’ death. Today, August 19, is the ...