Augustus Definition

ô-gŭstəs
noun
A masculine name: dim. Gus; fem. Augusta; equiv. Fr. Auguste, Ger. August, It. Augusto.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • octavian
  • Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus
  • Gaius Octavianus
pronoun

The Roman emperor Augustus, also called Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (63 BCE - 14 CE); heir to Julius Caesar.

Wiktionary
A male given name taken to use in the 18th century.
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Origin of Augustus

  • From Latin augustus (“majestic”).

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Augustus Sentence Examples

  • After the Social War it became a municipium and under Augustus a colony.

  • Now in 18 B.C. Augustus carried the Leges Tuliae, which offered inducements to marriage and imposed disabilities upon the celibate.

  • Augustus gave it back to Naples in exchange for Capri.

  • In 40 he helped to arrange the peace of Brundisium by which Octavian (Augustus) and Antonius were for a time reconciled.

  • Paul began the famous Villa Borghese; enlarged the Quirinal and Vatican; completed the nave, facade and portico of St Peter's; erected the Borghese Chapel in Sta Maria Maggiore; and restored the aqueduct of Augustus and Trajan ("Acqua Paolina").

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