Meroe Head of Augustus
27-25 BC · Resource
A larger-than-life bronze head of the emperor Augustus, looted from Roman Egypt by Kushite forces and buried beneath a temple step at Meroe. It captures the frontier conflict between Rome and the Kingdom of Kush.
On these timelines: British Museum, Resources: Combined
Around 26 BCE
- Reign of Augustus (27 BCE)
- Jesus of Nazareth (4 BCE)
- Crucifixion of Jesus (33)
- Reign of Nero (54)
- Julius Caesar (100 BCE)
- Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem (70)
- Roman conquest of Britain (43)
- Caesar crosses the Rubicon (49 BCE)
- Augustus (63 BCE)
- Roman Empire (27 BCE)