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Augustus Roman Emperors People Rome Ancient By Time Period

Augustus

Category for sites relating to the Roman Emperor Augustus.

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Works

- Description, illustrations of The Mausoleum of Augustus, the funerary complex in which he was buried. Quotations, descriptions from contemporary historians.
- Translation of Nicolaus of Damascus' ancient, original "Life of Augustus."
- Detailed biography of Augustus Caesar from birth, through the struggles of Caesar's murder and the Second Triumvirate, to absolute power of the Roman Empire.
- Pictures and descriptions of monuments and artwork featuring Augustus Caesar.
- Resources for studies of Emperor Augustus Caesar and contemporaries in ancient Rome. Includes a reference source for Augustan resources on the Web.
- An annotated guide to online resources on the life and works of Augustus Caesar.
- History of the disaster of Augustus' general, Varus, in the Teutoberg Forest, A.D. 9. Information concerning Augustus' legions in Germany, battle, background, bibliography. Part of the "Varus Film Project" site.
- Comprehensive biography of Augustus' life and reforms during the Principate. Bibliography and footnotes.
- General overview of the life and history of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus. Provides biographical timeline, maps and images, text of dictionary and encyclopedia entries, and selected translations from the Res Gestae and De Vita Caesarum.
- Suetonius' near-contemporary history of Octavian, later Augustus Caesar.
- Near contemporary historical source for last years of Augustus' reign by Tacitus.
- Succinct biography of Livia, wife of Augustus and first Empress of Rome. From DIR.
- Short biography of Augustus with some images.
- Study of Augustus' reforms after his victory at Actium in 31 B.C. and their impact on creating the "Pax Romana."
- Selection of letters from Cicero on the Civil War, including assassination of Julius Caesar and the early career of Octavian, later Augustus. In English [U. Saskatchewan].
- Succinct biography of Augustus illustrated with Imperial coins from his reign.
- Essay outlining Augustus' contributions to the so-called Pax Romana.
- Timeline showing the architectural contributions made to Rome by the Emperor Augustus. Some plans and drawings.
- Essay by John Porter (University of Saskatchewan) regarding the rise of Octavian during the Triumvirate.
- Biography of the Empress Livia, wife of Caesar Augustus. From Feminae Romanae.
- A brief biography of Augustus, grand-nephew of Julius Caesar.
- An essay about the government and social reforms instituted by Augustus Caesar after the collapse of the Roman Republic.
- Coin images and other objets d'art reflecting Roman history from Julius Caesar through the Triumvirates to Augustus Caesar. Images, scant text.
- Index to online works of Greek historian Cassius Dio: ancient biography of Augustus is contained in Books 45-56 (see index). From Lacus Curtius site.

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