Mark Zuckerberg's admiration for Emperor Augustus is misplaced. Here's why
- Written by Frederik Juliaan Vervaet, Associate Professor of Ancient History, University of Melbourne
On his 2012 honeymoon to Rome, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg took so many photos of the Roman Emperor Augustus’s sculptures that his wife joked it was like there were three people on the honeymoon. The couple even named their second daughter August.
Explaining his fascination for Rome’s first emperor, Zuckerberg recently t...