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| '''Augustus''' was a title given to certain powerful Roman politicians from the time of Octavianus to the fifth century A.D. It roughly corresponds to the popular modern idea of "Roman Emperor", although in later times it often only applied to the Western part of the empire. |
'''Augustus''' was a title given to certain powerful Roman politicians from the time of Octavianus to the fifth century A.D. It roughly corresponds to the popular modern idea of "Roman Emperor", although in later times it often only applied to the Western part of the empire. | ||
| Famous people with the name Augustus: | |||
| '''Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus''', (62 B.C. - August 19, A.D. 14). Accorded the name or title '''Augustus''' by the Senate of Rome in 27 B.C. | |||
| *], Roman Emperor and the first emperor to hold the title. | |||
| ] made provisions in his will adopting his great-nephew Gaius Octavius as his son and heir. In the Roman custom Octavius took his uncle's name as part of his own. At the time of Julius Caesar's death Octavius was 18. To take leadership of the Caesarian forces he returned to Rome from Greece and successfully outmaneuvered ] for leadership of Caesar's armies and control of his political forces. | |||
| His military right hand man was ], and his connection with the important class of the ''Equites'' or "Knights" was ]. Augustus's evident intention was to have Agrippa succeed him; he arranged for Agrippa to divorce his wife and marry Julia, Augustus's daughter by his first marriage. When Agrippa died unexpectedly in 12 B.C. Augustus's plans were upset. Until their deaths, Agrippa's minor sons who were also Augustus's grandsons, Gaius and Lucius, remained his heirs. His succession by his stepson and adopted heir ] created the so-called ] dynasty from their two ''nomina'' or family names.<p> | |||
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| :following emperor: ] (A.D. 14 - 37) | |||
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Revision as of 23:32, 27 January 2002
Augustus was a title given to certain powerful Roman politicians from the time of Octavianus to the fifth century A.D. It roughly corresponds to the popular modern idea of "Roman Emperor", although in later times it often only applied to the Western part of the empire.
Famous people with the name Augustus:
- Augustus Caesar, Roman Emperor and the first emperor to hold the title.