Augustus Caesar
The first emperor of Rome; the adopted son of Julius Caesar. In his reign, from 44 b.c. to a.d. 14, Rome enjoyed peace (see Pax Romana), and the arts flourished. The time of Augustus is considered a golden age for literature in Rome.
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How to use Augustus Caesar in a sentence
They were now outside the limits of the city itself—the fourteen regions, as they were called, of Augustus Caesar.
Quintus Claudius, Volume 1 of 2 | Ernst EcksteinSo Caius came out in a solemn manner, and offered sacrifice to Augustus Caesar, in whose honor indeed these shows were celebrated.
The Antiquities of the Jews | Flavius JosephusAugustus Caesar also had begun his Ajax, but unable to please his own judgment with what he had begun, left it unfinisht.
The Poetical Works of John Milton | John MiltonAugustus Caesar was not a valiant man, in the popular acceptation of the word.
Livy, for a commonwealth, is one of the fullest authors; did not he write under Augustus Caesar?
The Commonwealth of Oceana | James Harrington
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