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Augustus

Augustus

11 8.1
The first Roman emperor who made Rome into an empire
  • proper noun
  • /əˈɡʌstəs/
: Augusto
  • There is a truly wonderful bronze head of the first Roman Emperor, Augustus in the British Museum collection.
  • Augustus Caesar
  • emperor Augustus
  • Augustus in Rome

But after, after Augustus, the title went to whoever was the emperor.

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Examples

  • But Augustus is officially where people say Pax Romana begins.

    Julian Dorey

  • There is a truly wonderful bronze head of the first Roman Emperor, Augustus, in the British Museum collection.

  • Significantly, only with the rise of Augustus did Rome become known as the Eternal City.

    Academic text (1990)

  • The maintenance of peace through the line of Augustus guaranteed that the events could recur in the future.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Romans called him Augustus, meaning "the revered," and provincials hailed him as a god.

    Academic text (2004)

  • Significantly, only with the rise of Augustus did Rome become known as the Eternal City.

  • A colossal bronze statue of Augustus rose from the summit.

Synonyms

Octavian
vsAugustus
3 9.2

The birth name of the first Roman emperor who founded the Roman Empire

is the official name he adopted when he became emperor
Gaius Octavianus
vsAugustus
1 9.4

A Roman leader who made Rome an empire and became its first emperor Augustus

is the shorter later official name he used as emperor

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Augustus was a special title given to Rome's first emperor and comes from the Latin augustus, meaning 'respected' or 'majestic'. It also gave us the English word august and the month August, so calling someone Augustus meant they were seen as a grand, respected ruler.