Augustus

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Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian (), was the founder of the Roman Empire and the first Roman emperor from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. The reign of Augustus initiated an imperial cult and an era of imperial peace (the or ) in which the Roman world was largely free of armed conflict. The principate, a style of government where the emperor showed nominal deference to the Senate, was established during his reign and lasted until the Crisis of the Third Century.

31 BCE decisive confrontation of the Final War of the Roman Republic

battle between a coalition of Germanic peoples and an Imperial Roman army, 9 BCE

roughly 200-year-long period in Roman history

Roman political advisor (d. 8 BC)

Italian comune

imperial rank, honorific and title

Roman political alliance (43–32 BC)

daughter of Emperor Augustus (39 BC – AD 14)

battle of the Roman civil war

autobiographical inscription of Augustus Caesar, at Temple of Rome and Augustus at Ankara, Turkey

Roman cameo glass vase

Roman legion

second of the so-called imperial fora at Rome, built by Augustus.

building in Roman Forum, Italy

Ferragosto is a public holiday celebrated on 15 August in the whole of Italy. It originates from Feriae Augusti, the festival of Emperor Augustus, who made 1 August a day of rest after weeks of hard work on the agricultural sector. It became a custom for the workers to wish their employers buon Ferragosto and receive a monetary bonus in return. This became law during the Roman Renaissance throughout the Papal States. As the festivity was created for political reasons, the Catholic Church decided to move the festivity to 15 August, which is the Assumption of Mary allowing them to include this i

Princeps (plural: Principes) is a Latin word meaning "first in time or order; the first, foremost, chief, the most eminent, distinguished, or noble; the first person". As a title, Princeps originated in the Roman Republic wherein the leading member of the Senate was designated princeps senatus. It is primarily associated with the Roman emperors as an unofficial title first adopted by Augustus () in 27 BC. Its use in this context continued until the regime of Diocletian (r. 284–305) at the end of the third century. He preferred the title of dominus, meaning "lord" or "master". As a result, the

Roman legion

Last of the civil wars of the Roman Republic

Roman legion

Roman civil war between the Second Triumvirate and Caesar's assassins (43–42 BCE)

Roman legion

Roman legion

1st-century BCE civil war in the Roman Republic

monument, probably of marble or gilded bronze, erected by the Emperor Caesar Augustus near the Temple of Saturn in the central Forum of Ancient Rome

longest and busiest of the major roads built by the Romans in ancient Hispania

non-periodic comet

conflict

1st century AD military conflict

Roman legion

former triumphal arch in Rome, Italy

civil war in the Roman Republic (42–36 BCE)

a civil war between the Roman Senate and Mark Antony

Roman road from Placentia to the province of Gallia Narbonensis

21 April 43 BCE

series of military conflicts between Germanic tribes and the Romans (12 BC - 16 AD)

Order of Roman priests dedicated to the cult of the Emperor Augustus and the Julii

' ( , ) was an honorific used by the ancient Greeks to render the Roman imperial title of . The female form of the title was ' (). It was revived as an honorific in the 11th century Byzantine Empire and came to form the basis of a new system of court titles. From the Komnenian period onwards, the Byzantine hierarchy included the title sebastos and variants derived from it, like , , , and .

domus

Roman legion

battle

hymn by Horace

ancient Egyptian temple

triumphal arch in Rimini, Italy

triumphal arch in Tarraco, Spain

Roman consul 5 BC

Fourth war between the Romans and Illyrians (35-33 B.C.)

Roman law

Roman monumental city gate in Fano, Pesaro-Urbino

treaty which ended the naval blockade of the Italian Peninsula during the Sicilian revolt

triumphal arch in Aosta, Italy

Latin phrase meaning "son of a god"

city

archaeological site in Susa, Italy

Latin literature written during the reign of Augustus (27 BCE – 14 CE)

The Edict of Augustus from El Bierzo is a controversial document dated to 15 BC

Roman city

Roman phrase