Augustus

Augustus's successor was Tiberius, who became the second Roman emperor after Augustus's death in AD 14. Tiberius was Augustus's stepson and was chosen as his heir through adoption, continuing the Julio-Claudian dynasty.

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

Augustus, also known as Octavian, was born in the city of Rome in 63 BC. He was the great-nephew and adopted son of Julius Caesar. Augustus became the first Emperor of Rome, reigning from 27 BC until his death in AD 14.

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

The most significant achievements of Roman civilization were:

Written laws

astounding works of architecture; and

the ability to govern masses of conquered nations for hundreds of years.

Yes, one biological daughter, Julia the Elder, with Scribonia.

Scribiona had previous marriages, one to Publius Cornelius Scipio, with whom she had one daughter Cornelia, and a son Publius Cornelius Scipio, named after his father.

Two stepsons. One was Tiberius, his successor, he was the son of Augustus's third wife: Livia, so was Nero Claudius Drusus.

The first ruler to consolidate the Slavic tribes was likely Rurik, a Varangian chieftain who established the Rurik Dynasty in the mid-9th century in Eastern Europe. Rurik's leadership laid the foundation for the eventual formation of the Kievan Rus' state.

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.

He is not a mystery - he made a point of being transparent to keep popular support. He even wrote an autobiographical account Res Gestae Divi Augusti which you can look up on the internet where he details his actions. He gets a large section in the TV series I Claudius which gives a good background.

Augustus Pitou was an American playwright and actor who was prominent in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is known for his work in popular theater productions, particularly melodramas. Pitou was also involved in theater management and is credited with helping to establish the scheduling of theater performances.

Augustus, or Octavian, indulged in the great propaganda war with Marc Antony. When the split between the two triumvirs was inevitable, Octavian turned Antony's actions into propaganda against him, to an extent, but mostly against Cleopatra.

No, he did not. Ceasar was killed by a group of Senators who distrusted his commitment to Republican institutions and values.

He was a clever one. He avoided taking absolute power (which had brought down Julius Caesar), sharing it with the Senators to keep them happy, but keeping overall by assuming background powers of Tribune of the Plebs at home, and pro-consul overseas, plus controlling the border provinces which was where the army was.

He called himself Augustus, which avoided the accusation of kingship and Dictatorship, and used the old fashioned office of Princeps - first citizen. A careful camouflage which lasted for 200 years. He set about stabilising Rome's empire and improving the security and prosperity of the people. The title Emperor did not exist (other than the word Imperator - an acclamation reserved for a successful general on a battlefield) which we later came to use for absolute rulers of empires.

Augustus came to power by winning it. Even though he was adopted and named Caesar's heir he had an uphill climb to reach the ultimate success. By smart political moves in Rome and by winning the last republican civil war at Actium, he finally gained the supreme power.

Octavian (who later styled himself Augustus) was the adopted son of Julius Caesar who named him as his heir in his will.

After bringing the Civil Wars to a successful conclusion he set about establishing a regime which would avoid the faults in the republican model which had brought on the civil wars. He did this by indirect means to avoid the charge of trying to be king, which brought out the knives against father Julius:

a. took the powers of a tribune of the plebs for life (immunity within Rome, veto, ability to introduce legislation).

b. became a pro-magistrate (immunity outside the city, authority outside Rome in the Empire).

c. allocated the frontier provinces to himself, the settled ones to the Senate (the frontier ones had the legions, which he thereby kept out of the hands of rivals).

He also declared an end to expansion and stablised the Empire on defensible boundaries, supplementing this with diplomacy.

Read his achievements in his own words:

http://classics.mit.edu/Augustus/deeds.html

Yes he did. Augustus was married three times. There were no children form the first marriage. He had a daughter, Julia the Elder, with his second wife. His third wife had two children from he previous marriage, Tiberius and Drusus the Elder. Augustus adopted them.

The title Augustus was an invention of the senate to honor Octavian. As an adjective it means magnificent or dignified. This meaning could be incorporated into the title. Augustus.

He did not do much. He was installed as emperor in Ravenna by his father who was a usurper when he probably was only 15. As a proxy for his father he was not truly a ruler. Seven months later another usurper killed his father and forced him to abdicate. His deposition is widely seen as marking the end of the Roman empire of the west, but there are disagreements among historians. He was the last emperor in the west, but a puppet one.

Augustus came to power by winning the Final Civil War of the Roman Republic which was a struggle over who would become the sole ruler of Rome and her territories and defeating Marc Antony and his ally, Cleopatra VII of Egypt.

Octavian, later titled Augustus, was a major figure in the history of ancient Rome and in ancient history as a whole. Given the task of the question to provide the single most important aspect of this man places any answer in the area of subjectivity. It certainly can be argued that at a very young age he was the force that unified the empire and kept it out of civil wars for many years.

Caesar Augustus was the first emperor of Rome. Before him, Rome was ruled by the Senate.

However, the Senate had less and less power in the waning days of the Republic.

Before Caesar Augustus became emperor in 27 BC, he was part of a triumvirate with M. Lepidus and M. Antonius. The Senate was still nominally leading Rome.

Before that Julius Caesar held a lot of power before his assassination in 44 BC. But again, supposedly the Senate was still leading Rome.

Along with his death, also went his power.

Bear in mind that Octavian/Augustus was a master politician--perhaps the greatest politician of all time. He gained the upper hand in Roman politics at the time when there was a vacuum in government. The republic was completely unworkable due to its deterioration into self-serving cliques. Octavian, through political maneuvering and with help from those he recruited to his cause, was able to be granted extraordinary powers. Once he won the civil war against Antony he offered to return those powers to the senate, but kept the most important ones, such as the office of perpetual tribune. Gradually, he began a transformation from the republic to the principate, beginning with reforming the army and appointing new senators who were allies.

Julius Caesar was never an emperor of Rome. He was a politician who was appointed dictator under the republican form of government. Although a man of many and varied interests and talents, few of his political reforms were able to be accomplished. You could, in a way, say that his greatest legacy to the Roman civilization was his adopted son and heir, Octavian/Augustus.

Julius Caesar was never an emperor of Rome. He was a politician who was appointed dictator under the republican form of government. Although a man of many and varied interests and talents, few of his political reforms were able to be accomplished. You could, in a way, say that his greatest legacy to the Roman civilization was his adopted son and heir, Octavian/Augustus.

Julius Caesar was never an emperor of Rome. He was a politician who was appointed dictator under the republican form of government. Although a man of many and varied interests and talents, few of his political reforms were able to be accomplished. You could, in a way, say that his greatest legacy to the Roman civilization was his adopted son and heir, Octavian/Augustus.

Julius Caesar was never an emperor of Rome. He was a politician who was appointed dictator under the republican form of government. Although a man of many and varied interests and talents, few of his political reforms were able to be accomplished. You could, in a way, say that his greatest legacy to the Roman civilization was his adopted son and heir, Octavian/Augustus.

Julius Caesar was never an emperor of Rome. He was a politician who was appointed dictator under the republican form of government. Although a man of many and varied interests and talents, few of his political reforms were able to be accomplished. You could, in a way, say that his greatest legacy to the Roman civilization was his adopted son and heir, Octavian/Augustus.

Julius Caesar was never an emperor of Rome. He was a politician who was appointed dictator under the republican form of government. Although a man of many and varied interests and talents, few of his political reforms were able to be accomplished. You could, in a way, say that his greatest legacy to the Roman civilization was his adopted son and heir, Octavian/Augustus.

Julius Caesar was never an emperor of Rome. He was a politician who was appointed dictator under the republican form of government. Although a man of many and varied interests and talents, few of his political reforms were able to be accomplished. You could, in a way, say that his greatest legacy to the Roman civilization was his adopted son and heir, Octavian/Augustus.

Julius Caesar was never an emperor of Rome. He was a politician who was appointed dictator under the republican form of government. Although a man of many and varied interests and talents, few of his political reforms were able to be accomplished. You could, in a way, say that his greatest legacy to the Roman civilization was his adopted son and heir, Octavian/Augustus.

Julius Caesar was never an emperor of Rome. He was a politician who was appointed dictator under the republican form of government. Although a man of many and varied interests and talents, few of his political reforms were able to be accomplished. You could, in a way, say that his greatest legacy to the Roman civilization was his adopted son and heir, Octavian/Augustus.