Augustan
First emperor's age
Augustan refers to the reign of the Roman emperor Augustus (27 BCE–14 CE), a period of literary and cultural flourishing that produced Virgil, Horace, and Ovid.
By extension, Augustan describes any era of refined, classical literary achievement—especially early 18th-century English literature with Pope, Swift, and Addison.
The term implies polish, restraint, and imitation of classical models: Augustan satire, Augustan prose.
Catholic Church's supreme leader
- SwiftMoving with great speed
- AddisonBritish periodical essayist
- SteeleIron strengthened with carbon
- JohnsonPatronymic meaning son-of
neoclassicism · satire · wit · couplet · heroic couplet · mock-epic · periodical · Tatler
Classical epic poet
- HoraceMale name from antiquity
- OvidAncient Roman poet
- patronageSupporter's financial backing
- AeneidRoman founding epic
satire · pastoral · elegy · epigram · panegyric · didactic · Livy · classicism
Invariance under transformation
- proportionComparative relation of parts
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- restraintControl over impulses
decorum · elegance · refinement · taste · neoclassical · Palladian · grace · polish
Pope
Catholic Church's supreme leader
Johnson · neoclassicism · satire · wit · couplet · heroic couplet · mock-epic · periodical · Tatler · coffee house
Virgil
Classical epic poet
Aeneid · satire · pastoral · elegy · epigram · panegyric · didactic · Livy · classicism · Golden Age
symmetry
Invariance under transformation
- proportionComparative relation of parts
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
restraint · decorum · elegance · refinement · taste · neoclassical · Palladian · grace · polish · order
Caesar
Roman imperial title
- Pax RomanaImperial era of stability
- imperialRelating to supreme rule
- senateLegislative governing body
legions · forum · Latin · consul · praetor · tribune · patrician · plebeian · Rome · provinces
AugustanBaroque
Ornate artistic period
expressionistic · ornate · irregular · florid · sentimental
Augustanprimitive
In earliest form
folk · vernacular · populist · bohemian · transgressive
- St. AugustineHistoric Florida coastal city
- Caesar AugustusRome's inaugural emperor
- Augustus CaesarRome's inaugural emperor
- Augustine of Hippo
- Saint AugustineNorth African theologian-bishop
- August 1945Final month of WWII