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Augustus
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Information by Tanaquil Sergius

This is not the name of a Roman Gens. The name is a so called cognomen, a nickname, as the Romans used to add these to their first and family names. Augustus literally means: "the elevated one" (from the Latin verb "augere", "to enlarge", "to expand", "to elevate"). This cognomen was first used by C. Iulius Caesar Octavianus, who was given this name by the Roman Senate in 27 BCE, when he decided not to step down from governmental office. His various successors and their successors were all given this name as a result of their status of being heir to the imperium. In the 3rd century CE, the Roman Empire had been divided into two main parts, an eastern and a western part, both ruled by an emperor called "Augustus". Each "Augustus" would be assisted in his rule by a "Caesar".


Above: a so called "primaporta" head of Augustus. Here he looks still quite young, rather like of an age that he was still referred to as Octavianus; Below: another head of the young Augustus, probably still referred to as Octavianus, although this image may seem of a later date than the image above. Note Augustus' typical hairdo on the bust; various historians mention his sturdy hair, which he never really cared about.

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romafem3lite.gif * Bari Augustus
74 Board Posts - 1 Group
last login: February 12 , 2012
avatar000.gif * Livia Augustus
7 Board Posts - 1 Group
last login: November 9 , 2005
YuberL.JPG * Lucian Maximus Augustus
6 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: June 23 , 2010
salonina.jpg * Salonina Augustus
7 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: May 13 , 2004
avatar106.gif * Antonia Augustus
8 Board Posts - 1 Group
last login: July 3 , 2007
Terentius.jpg * Terentius Augustus
6 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: May 2 , 2004
avatar000.gif * Psyche Augustus
5 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: October 18 , 2005
avatar107.gif * Amalia Augustus
35 Board Posts - 1 Group
last login: February 2 , 2009
dec_ava.jpg * Decadence Augustus
96 Board Posts - 1 Group
last login: January 8 , 2012
avatar139.gif * rosalie Augustus
18 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: December 12 , 2005
toga.jpg * Tiberius Augustus
14 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: March 18 , 2007
jphoenix.jpg * CVarius Augustus
35 Board Posts - 2 Groups
last login: September 8 , 2006
paolo2small.JPG * paolo Augustus
12 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: December 6 , 2009
avatar-000.gif * Pharoh Augustus
10 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: August 20 , 2011
avatar106.gif * Galeria Augustus
6 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: November 5 , 2007
decimus.gif * Ricardus Augustus
11 Board Posts - 1 Group
last login: March 16 , 2005
avatar229.gif * Ianius Augustus
4 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: May 16 , 2005
mounted roman gif.gif * zekius Augustus
12 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: August 17 , 2006
00065043_000[1].jpg * Caeser Augustus
188 Board Posts - 1 Group
last login: April 24 , 2009
avatar-000.gif * Marcelus Augustus
4 Board Posts - 0 Groups
last login: December 10 , 2006
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