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Noun: Augustus  o'gús-tus
  1. Roman statesman who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in 27 BC; defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BC at Actium (63 BC - AD 14)
    - Gaius Octavianus, Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, Octavian

See also: Augustan

Type of: Emperor of Rome, national leader, Roman Emperor, solon, statesman

Encyclopedia: Augustus, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg Augustus, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg Augustus Augustus, Duke of Brunswick-Lueneburg Augustus, Duke of Coimbra Augustus, Elector of Saxony Augustus, Emperor of Rome Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg Augustus, Duke of Sussex