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nounRoman statesman who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in 27 BC; defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BC at Actium (63 BC - AD 14)
Definition that contains augustus
- tiberius son-in-law of Augustus who became a suspicious tyrannical Emperor of Rome after a brilliant military career (42 BC to AD 37)
- agrippina granddaughter of Augustus and mother of Caligula and Agrippina the Younger (14 BC - AD 33)
- augustan relating to or characteristic of the times of the Roman Emperor Augustus
- roman republic the ancient Roman state from 509 BC until Augustus assumed power in 27 BC; was governed by an elected Senate but dissatisfaction with the Senate led to civil wars that culminated in a brief dictatorship by Julius Caesar
- julian calendar the solar calendar introduced in Rome in 46 b.c. by Julius Caesar and slightly modified by Augustus, establishing the 12-month year of 365 days with each 4th year having 366 days and the months having 31 or 30 days except for February
- tiberius claudius nero caesar augustus son-in-law of Augustus who became a suspicious tyrannical Emperor of Rome after a brilliant military career (42 BC to AD 37)
- old style calendar the solar calendar introduced in Rome in 46 b.c. by Julius Caesar and slightly modified by Augustus, establishing the 12-month year of 365 days with each 4th year having 366 days and the months having 31 or 30 days except for February
- agrippina the elder granddaughter of Augustus and mother of Caligula and Agrippina the Younger (14 BC - AD 33)
- roman empire an empire established by Augustus in 27 BC and divided in AD 395 into the Western Roman Empire and the eastern or Byzantine Empire; at its peak lands in Europe and Africa and Asia were ruled by ancient Rome
- bouvines in 1214 the French under Philip Augustus defeated a coalition formed against him in one of the greatest battles of the middle ages