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Definition of Augustus

1. Noun. Roman statesman who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in 27 BC; defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BC at Actium (63 BC - AD 14).

Definition of Augustus

1. Proper noun. The Roman emperor w:Augustus Augustus, also called w:Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (63 (B.C.E.) - 14 (C.E.)); heir to w:Julius Caesar Julius Caesar ¹

2. Proper noun. ( male given name) taken to use in the 18th century. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Augustus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1901)
"At the head of his victorious legions, in his reign over the sea and land, from the Nile and Euphrates to the Atlantic ocean, Augustus professed himself the ..."

2. Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities by Harry Thurston Peck (1897)
"Augustus. A title given to the Roman emperors, and equivalent to ... Under Diocletian, the appellation, Augustus, was definitely applied to the two joint ..."

3. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"On the 7th of October 1548 Augustus was married at Torgau to Anna, daughter of Christian III., king of Denmark, and took up his residence at ..."

4. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1909)
"In the last years of his reign Augustus endeavoured to form a Saxon party in Poland itself, with the view of securing the succession to his son Frederick ..."

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