Augustus

63 BCE – 14

Politics & Leadership

Augustus, also known as Octavian, was the founder of the Roman Empire and the first Roman emperor from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. The reign of Augustus initiated an imperial cult and an era of imperial peace in which the Roman world was largely free of armed conflict. The principate, a style of government where the emperor showed nominal deference to the Senate, was established during his reign and lasted until the Crisis of the Third Century.

Contemporaries

Virgil

44 yr overlap

Cleopatra

33 yr overlap

Julius Caesar

19 yr overlap