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The honorific augustus was inherited by all future emperors and became the de facto main title of the emperor. [140] [144] As a result, modern historians usually regard this event as the beginning of his reign as "emperor". [i] Augustus himself appears to have reckoned his "reign" from 27 BC. [150] [j]
Augustus began a long (and at times successful) tradition of adopting an heir, rather than allowing a son to succeed an emperor. Suetonius quotes from the will Augustus left. Suetonius suggests that not only was Tiberius not thought of highly by Augustus, but Augustus expected Tiberius to fail.
The Deeds of the Divine Augustus) is a monumental inscription composed by the first Roman emperor, Augustus, giving a first-person record of his life and accomplishments. [1] The Res Gestae is especially significant because it gives an insight into the image Augustus presented to the Roman people.
Romulus Augustus (c. 465 – after 511 [b]), nicknamed Augustulus, was Roman emperor of the West from 31 October 475 until 4 September 476. Romulus was placed on the imperial throne while still a minor by his father Orestes, the magister militum, for whom he served as little more than a figurehead.
— Galba, Roman emperor (15 January 69 CE), prior to beheading by supporters of Otho "Go and show yourself to the soldiers, lest they cut you to pieces for being accessory to my death." [15]: 25 — Otho, Roman emperor (16 April 69 CE), to a freedman, prior to committing suicide "Yet I was once your Emperor." [15]: 12
Felicior Augusto, melior Traiano or Sis felicior Augusto, melior Traiano (Latin: "be more fortunate than Augustus [and] better than Trajan) was the formula delivered in the Roman Senate at the inauguration of late Roman emperors. [1]: 8.5 The phrase
475–476), adopted Augustus not only as a title, but also as a proper name (becoming Romulus Augustus pius felix Augustus). [ 12 ] After the victory over the Sasanian Empire in the Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 , the 7th century final phase of the Roman–Persian Wars , the emperor Heraclius introduced the Ancient Greek ...
He was adopted by Augustus as heir, but died prematurely. Julia the Younger. She married Lucius Aemilius Paullus, consul in 1. Lucius Caesar. He was adopted by Augustus as heir, but died prematurely. Vipsania Agrippina Maior. She married Germanicus Julius Caesar and was the mother of emperor Caligula and grandmother of Nero. Agrippa Postumus ...