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 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.
Agrippa's aedileship and munificence instigated by Octavian: Dio 49.43.1-4; Pliny HN 36.121; Roddaz, 145-57 (aedileship); Suet.
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 Top 20 Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Octavian was chosen for the powerful position of consul, the highest executive office of the Republic.
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.
encyc.connectonline.com /index.php/Caesar_Augustus   (2596 words)

  
 Caesar, Antony and Octavian (Cleopatra on the Web)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Octavian/Augustus: Select Testimonia translated by John Porter, from his University of Saskatchewan course Octavian and Antony: The Rise of Augustus.
Selections from Augustus' Res Gestae translated by Lewis Styles and annotated by John Porter, from Porter's University of Saskatchewan course Octavian and Antony: The Rise of Augustus.
Excellent biography of Augustus by David Potter, fron his Sibyl Encyclopedia of Roman imperial biographies, which extends from Augustus all the way to Decius (249 - 251 AD).
www.isidore-of-seville.com /cleopatra/7.html   (304 words)

  
 Octavian - PublishIt.com
Octavian and Antony: The Rise of Augustus,by John Porter
Works by Augustus,The Deeds of the Divine Augustus
To submit a manuscript for publication, e-mail our editor with the document attached.
www.publishit.com /History/TheRomanRepublic/Octavian.html   (88 words)

  
 My Thesis
It is not unheard of that a great ruler be known by a title instead of a name.
The first Roman Emperor, Octavian, went by the name Augustus meaning "[His] Majesty." After that, the emperor was known as Augustus regardless of his real name.
The connection between Riothamus and Arthur lies in the historical letters and manuscripts written early Middle Ages.
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