Italy On This Day

Writer of Metamorphoses who was mysteriously exiled The poet Ovid was noted for his imaginative interpretation of classical mythology Publiu...

Great nephew of Julius Caesar became powerful leader A statue of Augustus by an unknown sculptor, in the Vatican Museum in Rome Augu...

Controversial emperor killed by Praetorian Guard A line engraving depicting Caligula from the Wellcome Collection gallery Gaius Juli...

Writer who ‘seized the day’ and left his vivid account of it Horace, as imagined by the 19th century Italian painter Giacomo di Chi...

Military expansionist with progressive social policies This bust of the Emperor Trajan, one of many, can be found in the Royal Bath...