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| | Augustus |
 | | His mother, Atia, was the niece of Gaius Julius Caesar, soon to be Rome's most successful general and Dictator. |
 | | After the early deaths of both Gaius and Lucius in AD 4 and AD 2 respectively, and the earlier death of his brother Drusus (9 BC), Tiberius was recalled to Rome, where he was adopted by Augustus. |
 | | His attributed last words were "Acta est fabula" ("the comedy is over"), from a text by Gaius Suetonius, "Vitae Caesarum, Divus Augustus" ("Life of Caesars, the Divine Augustus"), 97-99 AD. |
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