Augustus

Augustus Ceasar, or Gaius Octavian, the first emperor of Rome and founder of the Roman Principate, who reigned from 27 BC until his death in 14 BC. He was Julius Caesar’s grandnephew, adopted son, and chosen heir. Under his principate regime he ushered patience, skill, and efficiency, which greatly overhauled many political, social, and economic aspects of Roman life. Ultimately, this established a monarchy of prosperity and peace to Rome. He replaced the Roman republic with his affective monarchy

In the Roman Empire, Augustus was known as one of the greatest Roman Emperors. According to the article 8 Things You May Not Know about Augustus, “he was born in 63 BC in town about 25 miles southeast of Rome. Interestingly, his real name was Gaius Octavius.” (1) At age 16, he wore the toga which signifies the Roman sign of manhood and started “taking responsibilities through his family connections.” (2) Thanks to his great-uncle Julius Caesar, he was permitted to join the upper class, namely the

others were insane. The first sole ruler was a man named Octavian, who was later on named Augustus. After a century of war he restored Rome to all of its glory and managed to sustain peace throughout the land, however, he had to create a new system for the government to run on. In the first years he did not declare himself a dictator, in order to avoid past conflicts, he instead concealed his power. Augustus did not only fix the government, but he also made many military achievements too, such as

Architecture under Emperor Augustus and Nero The Roman architect, Vitruvius once said, “ Architecture depends on Order, Arrangement, Eurhythmy, Symmetry, Propriety, and Economy” (“Virtuvius”). Vitruvius epitomizes the characteristics of Roman architecture that was not only meant to be aesthetically pleasing, but serve a social and ideological function. The Romans were masters of utilizing architectural structures to define their own history, rule and power. Rome is called the “Eternal City” and

In both readings we receive a picture of Rome that the writers paint for us. Augustus provides for us a very biased view on Rome. In “ The Deeds of the Divine Augustus”, Augustus makes a point that Rome is superior to all other places. He takes pride in Rome, so much so that he does not point out the faults in Rome, rather he praises it for all its glory. In contrast, Juvenal’s “Satires”, takes a more realistic approach and explains to us the downfalls of Rome. He explains the good and the bad of

were adopted by Augustus in 17 BC. They were under the care of Agrippa if he should die. Augustus and Agrippa had their powers renewed and became involved in Gaul and the northern frontiers of Italy. Agrippa will turn his attention to the eastern provinces. In 13 BC, Tiberius received his first consulship, which was an important step for him in the political and social ladder. Agrippa started to return from the east, however he fell ill and died. This was a crushing blow for Augustus to lose his lifelong

Caesar Augustus and Qin Shi Huangdi During the classical civilizations there were many types of rulers and governments, two of these include Augustus from the Roman Empire and Qin Shi Huangdi from the Qin Dynasty in China. Both of these emperors were from classical civilizations but their own different civilization, on in Rome and the other in China. My goal in this paper is to compare and contrast these two rulers from different civilizations by looking at their characteristics, such as how they

During the Roman period, an emperor named Augustus (63 BCE-14 CE) also known to be the Roman historian Tacitus, was the person to rule the state through creating the title of the first citizen. According to the Myrian inscription they call him as ‘Divine Augustus Caesar’ that refers to the “son of a god, imperator of land and sea, the benefactor and saviour of the whole world (Achtemeier, Green, Thompson, 2001)”. Through his time of ruling in the world of Rome in the New Testament had comprise the

reign of the Emperor Augustus there is vast usage of imagery, deification, portraiture and political symbolism to help him carry out his subtle political propaganda and win the people of Rome his adoptive father Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC. It is specifically in Augustus' coinage and how he used the mints and distribution of money to the Roman Empire, as a method of directly ensuring his political statements and beliefs would be instigated within his empire. Augustus' use of the coins helped

stretched from Spain to Judea. Turn the Mediterranean Sea into a peaceful Roman Lake and was eventually to be worshipped as a god. The future Emperor of Rome was called Gaius Julius Octavious, whom we all know now as Augustus. In this section I will be analysing how Octavian/Augustus rose to become the first Emperor of Rome and his reign thereafter. I will also be looking at how he gained his position and what being and