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Jan 23, 2024 · Augustus (r. 27 BCE to 14 CE), as the adopted son and heir of Julius Caesar (100-44 BCE), brought an end to the Roman Republic, and on 16 January 27 BCE, by Senatorial decree, he became the first Roman emperor. However, he would not be addressed as a king, but as a princeps, the first citizen.
- Donald L. Wasson
Feb 5, 2013 · The Augustan Empire; Karl Galinsky, University of Texas, Austin; Book: Augustus; Online publication: 05 February 2013; Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139045575.011
Augustan History, a collection of biographies of the Roman emperors (Augusti) from Hadrian to Numerian (117–284), an important source for the history of the Roman Empire. The work is incomplete in its surviving form; there are no lives for 244–259. It may originally have begun with one of Hadrian’s.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
May 25, 2016 · Emperor Augustus (27 BCE – 14 CE) accomplished much during his time on the Roman throne, far more than many of his successors. According to historian Mary Beard in her book SPQR, he transformed the structures of Roman Empire, including its politics and army as well as the appearance of the city itself.
- Donald L. Wasson
The gigantic work of reorganization that he carried out in every field of Roman life and throughout the entire empire not only transformed the decaying republic into a new, monarchic regime with many centuries of life ahead of it but also created a durable Roman peace, based on easy communications and flourishing trade.
October 2000. By the first century B.C., Rome was already the largest, richest, and most powerful city in the Mediterranean world. During the reign of Augustus, however, it was transformed into a truly imperial city.
