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Augustus Biography - Life of Augustus

The life of the first princeps of Rome, Augustus, also commonly known as Octavian, the adopted son of Julius Caesar. Return to Augustus Index.
From Caius Julius Caesar Octavianus to Augustus Caesar
The rise to power of Caius Julius Caesar Octavianus who became known as the first Roman emperor, Augustus Caesar.
Augustus Octavius the First Emperor of Rome - Princeps
Octavius was the adopted son of Julius Caesar who succeeded him in 27 B.C. when he became Augustus. Augustus was the first emperor of Rome.
Augustus - End to an Era
Biography of Augustus.
Augustus
Events in the life of Octavian leading to his becoming Emperor and Augustus.
Augustus
Short biography of Augustus, the first of the Julio-Claudian emperors who outlived several of the men he groomed for the succession.
Augustus and Julius Caesar
The relationship between Julius Caesar and his adopted heir Augustus.
An Augustus Primer
Irene Hahn's reading lists, primary sources, fiction and non-fiction on Augustus designed to facilitate book discussions of Augustus.
Personae of Augustus
List of the various positions Augustus held in his personal, religious, magisterial, and political lives.
Life of Augustus
Nicolaus of Damascus' account of the early life of Augustus, translated in 1923 by Clayton Hall.
Augustus
De Imperatoribus Romanis thorough biography of Augustus, with bibliography, by Garrett G. Fagan.
Gibbon - Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire in the West
Chapter three of Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire covers Augustus.

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