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    First emperor of the Roman Empire and founder of the Julio-Claudian dynasty

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    4 days ago · Persistent rumors, substantiated somewhat by deaths in the imperial family, have claimed his wife Livia poisoned him. He was succeeded as emperor by his adopted son Tiberius, Livia's son and former husband of Augustus' only biological child Julia . Name.

  2. 2 days ago · The Roman imperial cult ( Latin: cultus imperatorius) identified emperors and some members of their families with the divinely sanctioned authority ( auctoritas) of the Roman State. Its framework was based on Roman and Greek precedents, and was formulated during the early Principate of Augustus. It was rapidly established throughout the Empire ...

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  4. May 6, 2024 · Throughout his life, Augustus was married three different times. The first two both ended in divorce, and the third lasted from 37 BC until his death in 14 AD. Regarding his third wife, Livia...

  5. May 9, 2024 · Treaty of Carlowitz. Augustus II (born May 12, 1670, Dresden, Saxony [Germany]—died February 1, 1733, Warsaw, Poland) was the king of Poland and elector of Saxony (as Frederick Augustus I). Though he regained Poland’s former provinces of Podolia and Ukraine, his reign marked the beginning of Poland’s decline as a European power.

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  6. May 22, 2024 · Antoninus Pius (born Sept. 19, 86, Lanuvium, Latium—died March 7, 161, Lorium, Etruria) was a Roman emperor from ad 138 to 161. Mild-mannered and capable, he was the fourth of the “five good emperors” who guided the empire through an 84-year period (96–180) of internal peace and prosperity. His family originated in Gaul, and his father ...

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  7. May 9, 2024 · Archaeologists have already located places where Augustus partied, but a new lead has emerged in the century-long search for the villa where Ancient Rome’s first emperor passed away. Since 2002 ...

  8. 14 hours ago · Morales C. Webster, 73, of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, died on Tuesday, May 7. The first viewing will be held from 4-6 p.m., Monday, June 3, at Turnbull’s Funeral Home. The second viewing will be held the morning of the service from 9-10 a.m. followed by the Celebration of Life at 10 a.m., Tuesday, June 4, at Turnbull’s Funeral Home.

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