augustus, 30 b.c.-14 a.d

A biography of the first Emperor of Rome, whose leadership gave rise to the period of prosperity and progress known as the Augustan Age.

A biography of ancient Roman poet Virgil, examining his writings, as well as historical and archaeological evidence in an attempt to uncover the truth about his life.

Chronicles the life of the emperor Augustus and discusses his life and works, the historical events he witnessed, his development of the Roman Empire and other related topics.

Selene, having grown up in a palace with her parents, Cleopatra and Mark Antony, is forced by war to build a new life in the household of Roman emperor Octavianus, where she finds herself torn between two young men and two possible destinies.

When Antony and Cleopatra took their own lives to avoid capture when Octavian invaded Egypt, their orphaned children, ten-year-old twins Selene and Alexander, were sent by Octavian to live with his sister. While hoping to one day return to Egypt, the twins come of age in Rome and are drawn into the politics of the court.

Princess Selene, Cleopatra's daughter, survived a perilous childhood as a Roman captive after her mother's death. Pledging her loyalty to Augustus Caesar, she is forced to marry a man of the Emperor's choosing. The magic of Isis makes her indispensible to the emperor and against a backdrop of imperial politics and religious persecution she makes her way to the very precipice of power.

With her parents both dead, Princess Selene of Egypt, the daughter of Cleopatra and Marc Antony, is left at the mercy of her Roman captors after the fall of Alexandria.

A biography of the first Roman emperor, under whom Rome achieved great glory.

Describes the politics, culture, religion, and society of Rome during the reign of the Emperor Augustus.