Imperator Caesar Augustus

Reading notes

• The Agricola §13 the deified Augustus

  First Roman emperor (27 BC–AD 14); his policy left Britain alone.

• The Annals §1.1 name of princeps

  Octavian, who as Augustus gathered all power under the name of princeps; the first emperor.

• The Annals §2.37 the deified Augustus

  Founder of the principate, who had endowed Hortalus.

• The Annals §3.4 Augustus

  Rome's first emperor (reigned 27 BC–AD 14); Agrippina was his granddaughter, the basis of the popular reverence for her line.

• The Annals §3.6 the deified Augustus

  Augustus, consecrated as a god after his death; he lost his grandsons and heirs Gaius and Lucius Caesar within a few years.

• A Dialogue on Oratory §13 Augustus

  The first emperor (27 BC–AD 14), whose favour and the people's reverence Virgil enjoyed.

• The Histories §1.11 deified Augustus

  Gaius Octavius/Augustus (reigned 27 BC--AD 14), first princeps and founder of the imperial system; here the precedent for Egypt's special status and for adoption.

• The Histories §1.48 the name of Augustus

  The honorific 'Augustus' borne by each emperor since the first princeps, voted here to Otho.

• The Histories §2.66 Augustus

  The supreme imperial title borne since the first princeps; Vitellius pointedly deferred taking "Augustus" and refused "Caesar," while keeping the full power.