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	David R Sear: Common Legend Abbreviations On Roman Coins
		AVG = Augustus, the honorific title bestowed on Octavian by the Senate on 16 January 27 BC and thereafter adopted by all of his successors as an indication of their supreme authority.
		Augustus received the title in 13 BC on the death of its last Republican holder, the former Triumvir Lepidus.
		Augustus received this title in 2 BC and it was subsequently adopted by most of his successors at the time of their accession.
	www.davidrsear.com /academy/roman_legends.html (1115 words)

	Caesar Augustus - Crystalinks
		The title was associated with a religious ring in antiquity and is believed to be derived from auctoritas and the practises of augurs.
		Augustus' control of power throughout the Empire was so absolute that it allowed him to name his successor, a custom that had been abandoned and derided in Rome since the foundation of the Republic.
		Augustus was deified soon after his death, and both his borrowed surname, Caesar, and his title Augustus became the permanent titles of the rulers of Rome for the next 400 years, and were still in use at Constantinople fourteen centuries after his death.
	www.crystalinks.com /caesar_augustus.html (2414 words)

	Augustus - NumisWiki, The Collaborative Numismatics Project
		Augustus was incensed, and immediately took up arms to avenge the wrongs of his sister, and perhaps more eagerly to remove a man whose power and existence kept him in continual alarms and made him dependent.
		The appellation of Augustus was placed by his successors in the empire after their own name; and characterising, as it did, the supreme power o fthe state, it was invariably adopted, not only be legitimate princes, but even by those who in after times usurped the imperial purple.
		The title of Augustus was, however, at first confined to such as were actually invested with the sovereignty.
	www.forumancientcoins.com /numiswiki/view.asp?key=Augustus (3099 words)

	Imperium: Augustus (2003) (TV)
		AUGUSTUS isn't the best it could be, lacking the historical accuracy that previous reviewers have been kicking a screaming about; it is because of the pointless stereotypical Julia, who is always made out to be a villain and Augustus a wounded.
		However, the tales of Augustus daughter Julia are mainly made of rumours, the likelihood she was a prostitute is slim and chances are Iullus was one of her only, if not only, lover.
		AUGUSTUS shows Julia as the wounded daughter she was; mistreated and thrown around just for her father's own delights.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0340529 (1210 words)

	AUGUSTUS: IMAGES OF POWER
		The Mausoleum of Augustus, seen here in a reconstruction, was begun in 28 BCE, the year of Octavian's triumphs for his victories over Cleopatra and other foreign enemies, and the year before he was given the title of Augustus.
		The statue of Augustus from Livia's villa at Prima Porta is a marble copy of a bronze statue that celebrates the return in 20 BCE of the military standards captured by the Parthians in 53 after the defeat of Crassus at Carrhae.
		Augustus holds a spear in his left hand, and his right hand is extended as he addresses his armies.
	etext.lib.virginia.edu /users/morford/augimage.html (1563 words)

	Augustus Caesar - Wikinfo
		He is generally known to historians by the title "Augustus" (revered one), which he acquired in 27 BC.
		From this latter title Augustus's regime came to be called an Empire, although the title was not hereditary and Augustus was careful to preserve the ancient facade of Roman republican government.
		The cult of the Divine Augustus continued until the Empire was converted to Christianity by Constantine in the 4th century.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Augustus_Caesar (3163 words)

	Sports: Augustus journeys to Russia for fight \| augustus, title, russia - The Monitor
		Emmanuel Augustus works the speed bag in preparation for Friday's 12-round WBO Asia-Pacific light welterweight title bout against champion Sergey Sorokin in Yubileyny, Russia.
		Part of me is kind of scared, but the other part of me is pretty excited because it’s a title fight plus it’s a fight that could help put me back on people’s minds as someone who is coming up to the top level.
		He captured the vacant WBO Asia-Pacific title with a 12-round unanimous decision over Victor Hugo Castro in Ekaterinburg, Russia, on Dec. 3, 2006.
	www.themonitor.com /sports/augustus_4830___article.html/title_russia.html (629 words)

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	Caesar and Augustus
		The title of Caesar, taken from the hereditary name of Gaius Julius Caesar, eventually became synonymous with the heir to the throne after the fall of the Julio-Claudians (who could trace some semblence of familial connection to Caesar the dictator).
		The title of the Emperor (Imperator) was actually "Augustus" or exalted one, as well as Princeps in the early period (from Princeps inter pares Senatus for first among equals in the Senate).
		When an Emperor or Augustus (after the Julio-Claudian period) named an heir to the throne that heir would be known thereafter as Caesar (as it evolved to become a title rather than a name like those of Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero), until his ascession, when he too would take the title Augustus.
	www.unrv.com /government/caesar-augustus.php (377 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Augustus
		Augustus belonged to the gens Octavia and was the son of Caius Octavius, a praetor.
		The changes wrought by Augustus in the administration of Rome, and his policy in the Orient are of especial significance to the historian of Christianity.
		On this occasion, Augustus caused a census of the province to be taken by the legate, Sulpicius Quirinius, the circumstances of which are of great importance for the right calculation of the birth of Christ.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/02107a.htm (876 words)

	Philadelphia Inquirer \| 11/26/2006 \| Exploring the two sides of Augustus, the 'first man' of ancient Rome (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The ancient statue known as the Augustus of Prima Porta embodies the character traits that the Romans deemed essential for a leader of the republic: dignity, authority and nobility.
		In Augustus' case, this was complicated by the early death or disgrace of virtually his entire immediate family, including his daughter Julia, exiled on charges of adultery with members of the Senate.
		Augustus may not have been the "noblest Roman," but Everitt's accomplished biography leaves little doubt that he was indeed the "first man" of Rome.
	www.philly.com /mld/inquirer/entertainment/books/16096911.htm?source=rss&channel=inquirer_books (425 words)

	Roman Emperors - DIR Augustus
		The title Augustus was subsequently held by all Roman emperors except Vitellius, and Augusta was used to address the wife of the reigning emperor, or his mother.
		Augustus refused to take the office of dictator, which was too politically charged with envy and hatred, and he also refused to accept the censorship for life and its traditionally despised power to expel members of the senate arbitrarily.
		In 13 Augustus and Agrippa returned to Rome, and their provinces were renewed for five more years, as was Agrippa's tribunician power; later in that year Agrippa died, leaving Augustus without his long-trusted friend, who was buried with lavish honors in Augustus's mausoleum on the bank of the Tiber river.
	www.roman-emperors.org /auggiex.htm (6585 words)

	Augustus - MSN Encarta
		Augustus (63 bc- ad 14), first emperor of Rome (27 bc-ad 14), who restored unity and orderly government to the realm after nearly a century of civil wars.
		In 27 bc the Roman Senate gave Octavian the title Augustus (“consecrated,” or “holy”) by which he is known, and his reign has often been considered a dyarchy because of the Senate’s participation in it.
		Augustus’ third wife was Livia Drusilla, who had two sons, Tiberius and Drusus Germanicus, by a previous marriage.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761558568 (944 words)

	Augustus information - Search.com
		Augustus was granted the power of a tribune (tribunicia potestas), though not the title, which allowed him to convene the Senate and people at will and lay business before it, veto the actions of either the Assembly or the Senate, preside over elections, and the right to speak first at any meeting.
		Also included in Augustus' tribunician authority were powers usually reserved for the Roman censor; these included the right to supervise public morals and scrutinize laws to ensure they were in the public interest, as well as the ability to hold a census and determine the membership of the Senate.
		Augustus was portrayed in the famous BBC dramatisation of Robert Graves' novel I, Claudius by Brian Blessed.
	domainhelp.search.com /reference/Augustus (3480 words)

	Caesar - MSN Encarta
		Emperor Hadrian adopted the imperial title Augustus; Caesar then became the title of the heir apparent to the Roman throne.
		Maximian was called Caesar until 286, when he was given the imperial title Augustus; two assistants, intended to be successors to the Augustuses, were selected and given the title Caesar.
		The imperial significance of the title Caesar was preserved in medieval and modern derivations, including the German kaiser and the Russian tsar.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761578048/Caesar.html (250 words)

	Caesar Augustus - BibleWiki
		The first Roman emperor that bore the honorary title of "Augustus"; born Sept. 23, 63 B.C.; died at Nola, Campania, Aug. 19, 14 C.E. He was the son of Caius Octavius.
		Augustus renewed the edicts which Julius Cæsar had promulgated in behalf of the Jews living at Cyrene and in Asia Minor, granting them perfect freedom of worship, sanctioning the collection of money for the Temple, and proclaiming as inviolable their sacred books and synagogues (Josephus, "Ant." xvi.
		Augustus, accepting the offer, confirmed the royal position of Herod and bestowed upon him, after the suicide of Antony and Cleopatra, all the provinces of which he had been bereft through the influence of the latter (Josephus, "Ant." xv.
	bible.tmtm.com /wiki/Caesar_Augustus (903 words)

	Augustus
		When Augustus sought to identify someone as his designated successor (a delicate business inasmuch as he had to avoid the appearance of creating a dynasty) he did so by taking that person as a colleague in the tribunician power.
		Augustus' command of the armies was not, however, jeopardized by the settlement of 23.
		Augustus inherited the leadership of the populares from his adoptive father J. Caesar, and proceeded to coopt the optimates to such an extent that these labels became meaningless; those who refused to cooperate were purged.
	academic.reed.edu /humanities/110Tech/Augustus.html (3268 words)

	KET DL \| Latin 2 \| Grammatica \| Grammar in General (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Augustus - honorary title conferred on Augustus in 27 BC, adopted by successive emperors as cognomen and after Marcus Aurelius, also used by members of the imperial family.
		For every military victory he was in sequence, Imperator II, etc. The abbreviation is found at the beginning of titles from Augustus to Tiberius; from the time of Claudius it follows TRIB.P. After Caracalla the title is seldom used.
		Consul; After Caesar and Augustus had assumed the consulship, it was up to the princeps to decide whether he would assume that role or allow a member of the senatorial rank to hold it.
	www.dl.ket.org /latin3/grammar/inscriptions03.htm (268 words)

	Royalty.nu - The Roman Empire - Augustus Caesar, Emperor of Rome
		Augustus considered Scribonia a nag, and is said to have divorced her on the very day she gave birth to his only child, Julia.
		Augustus brought up his daughter, Julia, very strictly and expected her to be a paragon of virtue, but she rebelled by taking lovers, as did her daughter, Julia the Younger.
		Augustus and the Family at the Birth of the Roman Empire by Beth Severy.
	www.royalty.nu /Europe/Rome/Augustus.html (1912 words)

	Outlines of Roman History, Chapter 23
		But the title which Augustus chose to indicate his real position was that of Princeps Civitatis, or “the first citizen of the state,” The new “prince” thus desired himself to be looked upon as a magistrate rather than a monarch—a citizen who had received a trust rather than a ruler governing in his own name.
		Augustus also laid the foundation of a sound financial system by making careful estimates of the revenues and expenditures of the state; and by raising and expending the public money in the most economical and least burdensome manner.
		The Frontiers of the Empire.—By the wars of Augustus, the boundaries of the empire were extended to the Rhine and the Danube (including the Alpine region) on the north, to the Atlantic Ocean on the west, to the desert of Africa on the south, and nearly to the Euphrates on the east.
	www.forumromanum.org /history/morey23.html (2937 words)

	Augustus
		It was all carefully stage managed, of course, and he was never in any real danger of losing power, but he wanted to present himself as "First Citizen" (Princeps) and restorer of the Republic rather than as just the next in a line of military dictators.
		Augustus was a gifted politician, but he wasn't much of a military leader.
		According to this theory, Augustus grew suspicious after the deaths of two of his three grandsons.
	www.garstang.us /emperors/augustus.htm (800 words)

	Roman Emperors - DIR Augustus
		That Augustus interpreted his daughter's misdeeds in political terms, at least in part, is suggested by the trial for treason of one of Julia's lovers, Iullus Antonius, and his subsequent execution or suicide; others of her lovers were banished.
		While Augustus did not go so far as to station the legions along the frontier as a defensive garrison force (as was to happen in later ages), he at least removed them from the center of power and began the process of keeping them in the vicinity of the frontiers.
		Augustus arrogated for himself victories won by his generals: the successes of Tiberius and Drusus on the Rhine and Danube in 12 and 11 BC caused him to add two imperatorial acclamations to his titles; Tiberius and Drusus got none (Dio 54.33.5).
	www.roman-emperors.org /auggie.htm (18014 words)

	Anatomy of a Roman Coin - Calgary Coin
		The title AUGUSTUS originally mean "worthy of veneration", but when it was conferred on Octavian as the first Roman Emperor, it became a title indicating the Sovereign, or high ruler.
		Officially the title mean Trajan was a protector of the rights of the plebeians, but in reality it allowed him to do almost anything he wished to do.
		The title was renewed annually and while not the case on this coin, on some coins it is followed by a number indicating how many times it had been awarded and thus can be used to accurately date many other coins.
	www.calgarycoin.com /reference/articles/anatomy/anatomy.htm (1312 words)

	Boxing News :: Articles : Augustus Keeps Plugging Away
		Augustus, 31, is a fan favorite known as much for his antics and ring dancing as he is for his boxing skills, which are considerable.
		Augustus only won 6 fights in a row once, and those six wins were in his first six fights.
		Augustus lost the title however, in his very next fight, against Tomas Barrientes when he was disqualified, while ahead on all cards, for antics and clowning that weren’t appreciated by the referee.
	www.boxingscene.com /index.php?m=show&id=3332 (992 words)

	Augustus and Tiberius
		One of the major problems Augustus faced was how to ensure an orderly succession after his death to the new form of power he had created; in the absence of sons, he used the time-honored Roman strategies of adoption and controlling the marriages of the women in his family (especially his daughter, Julia).
		Augustus had married Marcellus to his daughter Julia two years earlier, but he died suddenly at the age of 19 during an outbreak of fever in Rome.
		Augustus permanently exiled his daughter, Julia, to a barren island because of her adultery, which undercut his attempts at moral reform.
	www.vroma.org /~bmcmanus/augustus.html (1904 words)

	Antony, Cleopatra, Augustus Overview
		The fiction, from this point on, was that Augustus' position was merely that of "first among equals" (*princeps -- the word gives us the English "prince"), a man whose political authority rested solely on his personal merits and his past services to the state.
		Consultation of the sacred Sibylline oracles conveniently revealed that the new age was to begin in the year 17, the tenth anniversary of the institution of the Principate.
		Against all expectations, Augustus' reign was to last until his death in A.D. 14, approximately 41 years.
	www.historyinfilm.com /claudius/overview.htm (5312 words)

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