The reign of Augustus was marked by the decree that all the people must be numbered and go to their own hometown , so Mary and Joseph went to Betheleham to fulfill the prophecy of Isiah.

July is named after Julius Caesar (in 44 b.c.), and August is named after Augustus Caesar (in 8B.C.)

Augustus means "great" or "venerable"

Romans had three basic names - a personal name, a family name and a definitive name. Caesar for example was Gaius (personal name) Julius (family name) Caesar (meaning fine head of hair - a joke as he was bald). Gaius was a very common personal name. The person in question was born Gaius (personal name) Octavius (family name) Thurinus. When adopted by great-uncle Caesar he took his family name but retained his own family name as a definitive one, and became Gaius Julius Octavianus; he subsequently took the deified Caesar's definative name Caesar too. And on assuming his role as First Citizen in 27 BCE he looked for a useful title, and settled on the non-specific but high-sounding one of Augustus. So yes, his personal name was Gaius, and his title was Augustus.

Emperor

The greatest emperor of Rome was Augustus Caesar. He passed many reforms and laws. He reformed the Senate and the military.

Compared to future emperors of ancient Rome, Augustus was a strong leader. Any supreme ruler of a vast ancient empire cannot be perfect, therefore I submit that his leadership was sound with few if any weaknesses.

He built a permanent, professional army of about 150,000 men. He also created a special unit called the PraetorianGuard. Hislegionsconquered vast stretches of northern Europe. He practically rebuilt Rome. He improved the government. Augustus also reformed the Roman tax system, and legal system.

Octavian and Augustus were the same person. He changed his name to Augustus.

That is rubbish. Augustus Caesar (as he later became) was a low-born great nephew of the dictator Julius Caesar and known as Octavian. Julius Caesar adopted him as his own son. On the death of Julius, Octavian took over the dictatorship of Rome. He later became the first Emperor and was given the title Augustus.

yeah i believe this is rubbish too. i was never taught or read anything like that.....

Were Julius and Augustus the same person?

Actually it is right. Octavian and Augustus were the same person, and in fact historians refer to him as Octavian for the 44-27 BC period and as Augustus for the period after that.

His original name was Gaius Octavius Thurinus. When he was adopted by Julius Caesar in 44 BC his name changed to Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus according to Roman adoption naming standards. When he took command of Jiulius Caesar's former troops after Caesar's death he changed his name to Gaius Julius Caesar Divi Filius which means Gaius son of the divine Julius Caesar (Caesar was deified after his death). Later he dropped Gaius and Julius and replaced it with Imperator (which more or less means victorious general). When he became emperor, he was given the title of Augustus (venerable) and his name became Imperator Caesar Divi Filius Augustus. This name was commonly shortened to Augustus.

Augustus was not low born. His family was plebeian, but is some cases this means non-patrician aristocracy. In fact it was an equestrian family. His great grandfather had been a military tribune in the Second Punic War and his father had been governor of Macedonia

He chose it himself tor status, without having any implications of kingship or dictatorship which had brought out the knives against Julius Caesar.

The empire suffered under the control of unsuccessful or mentally ill emperors for a while. (Tiberius, Caligula, Nero) Although Claudius was an exception, his intelligence and managements did not save the empire from its turmoil of catastrophe.

Augustus: September 23, 63 BC - August 19, AD 14), known as Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (English Octavian) for the period of his life prior to 27 BC.
Octavian is Julius ceasers adopted son and nephew, he was also first impire of rome

Border and internal security.

Establishing a balance of power between himself and the Senate.

Ensuring the food supply to the million of people in Rome from Egypt,North Africa and Sicily.

Advancing culture and prosperity throughout the empire.

August.

Augustus' palace was the Domus Augusti (House of Augustus) which was on the Palatine Hill.

Livia also had a large villa just outside Rome which usually called the Villa of Livia, but was actually called Ad Gallinas Albas, which means of the White Chickens.

Spartacus was the escaped gladiator who raised an army.

475 ad-476 ad

I believe that the direct answer to this question can be broken down to two responses. The main strength of Augustus was his strong efforts and desire to maintain the empire in a treacherous world.

The major weakness was that despite all the years he had in office, he was unable to develop a structured design of choosing a new emperor after his demise.

Allot of information is available to expand the answer to this question however I believe it comes down to the two responses I offered.

Augustus really had too many achievements to list, but here are some of them: As a teenager, he raised an army and had himself declared the adopted son and heir of one of the greatest men in Roman history, He won the last civil war of the republic, reformed the government, rebuilt the city, restructured the army, secured the borders, repaired the city's infrastructure, divided the city into wards, established the first police/fire fighting force, legislated family value laws (which didn't work), and appointed men to the senate due to their abilities instead of their family connections.

Some of the principals of Roman Law that have drifted down to us are the concept of a trial by jury, the right of appeal, the validity of contracts, the validity of wills, the right to own property, and the right to a legal defense.