Augustus
Rome's founding ruler
Augustus is a Latin title meaning "revered" or "majestic," first taken by the Roman emperor Octavian in 27 BCE and subsequently used by his successors.
The title conveyed divine authority and supreme power: the age of Augustus, the Augustan era.
As a given name, Augustus has classical gravitas: The baby was christened Augustus after his grandfather.
The feminine form is Augusta.
Rome's founding emperor
- CaesarRoman imperial title
- imperatorHolder of supreme authority
- principateDomain of a prince
- triumvirateThree-person ruling body
Antony · Cleopatra · Livia · Tiberius · succession · dynasty · deification · pontifex
Legislative governing body
- consulDiplomat in foreign city
- forumGathering place for discourse
- RomeItaly's capital city
- TiberCentral Italian river
patrician · plebeian · legion · centurion · tribune · praetor · toga · fasces
Freedom from disturbance
- prosperityGood fortune, success
- stabilityResistance to displacement
- golden agePeriod of peak prosperity
- flourishingProspering vigorously
unity · order · security · growth · harmony · tranquility · civilization · arts
Official enactment of statutes
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- centralizationUnifying control in one place
census · taxation · coinage · infrastructure · aqueducts · roads · morality · laws
Winter nativity celebration
- censusOfficial population count
- BethlehemNativity's traditional setting
- JosephCommon masculine given name
- MaryCommon feminine name
Herod · manger · decree · taxation · enrollment · Luke · gospel · birth
Octavian
Rome's founding emperor
- CaesarRoman imperial title
- imperatorHolder of supreme authority
- principateDomain of a prince
triumvirate · Antony · Cleopatra · Livia · Tiberius · succession · dynasty · deification · pontifex · title
senate
Legislative governing body
Tiber · patrician · plebeian · legion · centurion · tribune · praetor · toga · fasces · curia
peace
Freedom from disturbance
- prosperityGood fortune, success
- stabilityResistance to displacement
- golden agePeriod of peak prosperity
flourishing · unity · order · security · growth · harmony · tranquility · civilization · arts · literature
legislation
Official enactment of statutes
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
centralization · census · taxation · coinage · infrastructure · aqueducts · roads · morality · laws · Julian
Christmas
Winter nativity celebration
- censusOfficial population count
- BethlehemNativity's traditional setting
- JosephCommon masculine given name
Mary · Herod · manger · decree · taxation · enrollment · Luke · gospel · birth · journey
month
Year's twelfth part
venerable · sacred · nomenclature · imperial · name · adopted · successors · dynasty · deified · temple
legions
Great many, or armies
victory · campaign · naval · fleet · soldiers · veterans · colonies · expansion · frontiers · Egypt
- Ancient RomansJulius Caesar, patricians, consuls, Marcus Aurelius, Nero
- Latin Wordsad, ad nauseam, et, caveat emptor, affidavit
- Roman ConquestJulius Caesar, legions, Gaul, Britain, Gallic Wars
- Roman EgyptRoman province, prefects, Roman governors, Cleopatra, papyri
- Roman EmperorsTheodosius I, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero
- Roman NamesMarcus, Lucius, Publius, Titus, Tiberius
AugustusNero
Tyrannical first-century ruler
Mark Antony · Alaric · chaos · anarchy · civil war
AugustusCicero
Ancient Rome's greatest speaker
Brutus · Cassius · republican · republican values · consul
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- Caesar AugustusRome's inaugural emperor
- Augustus CaesarRome's inaugural emperor
- Augustine of Hippo
- Saint AugustineNorth African theologian-bishop
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