Birthplace of Augustus Believed Discovered
The birthplace of Rome's first emperor, Augustus, may have been discovered. The team of archeologists, led by Clementina Panella, announced Wednesday that underground excavations beneath Rome's Palatine Hill uncovered a passageway and other elements that, when cross-referenced with other data, indicated that the space may be where one of the most illustrious of Roman leaders had been born. The house would date to at least 63 B.C.E., when Augustus was born.