The emperor Augustus Caesar visited Alexander the Great's tomb and, according to written accounts, broke Alexander's nose.

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AUGUSTUS: FIRST EMPEROR OF ROME By Adrian Goldsworthy Yale University Press, $35, 624 pages Caesar Augustus remains the person in the ancient world whose image is the most recognizable, surviving to ...