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The 84 pages that link to Augustus (Roman emperor), each with the reason it gives.

• Roman RepublicBroader topic: His settlement in 27 BCE conventionally marks the Republic’s end.

• Roman EmpireBroader topic: His settlement in 27 BCE conventionally marks the empire’s beginning.

• Julius CaesarRelated: Caesar’s adopted heir used his name and legacy to legitimize a new political order.

• Roman SenateRelated: He reorganized the Senate while concentrating authority in the principate.

• RomeRelated: His building and political programs recast Rome as the capital of an empire.

• Parthian EmpireCompared with: His negotiations with Phraates IV show how Rome sought influence without a new invasion.

• Roman armyRelated: He reorganized the forces that would serve the Roman Empire.

• VirgilRelated: The Aeneid’s account of Rome’s destiny is closely connected to the political world Augustus shaped.

• VitruviusRelated: Vitruvius dedicated De architectura to Augustus.

• Classical antiquityRelated: His settlement created the imperial system that defined Rome for centuries.

• Roman civil warsRelated: His victory ended the cycle of civil wars and transformed Roman government.

• Roman imperial cultRelated: His settlement shaped how living rulers could receive honors while Rome avoided calling him a god.

• AeneidRelated: The poem connects Rome’s legendary past to the ruler and order of Virgil’s present.

• Battle of ActiumRelated: After Actium, Octavian consolidated power and took the name Augustus.

• HoraceRelated: Horace wrote during Augustus’s rule and composed poetry for the regime’s public ceremonies.

• StraboRelated: Strabo’s account reflects the political geography of Augustus’s expanding empire.

• Roman imperial successionBroader topic: His settlement established precedents for hereditary claims and public recognition.

• SuetoniusBroader topic: Suetonius’s biography of Augustus offers a foundational portrait of imperial authority.

• Praetorian GuardRelated: Augustus formalized the Praetorian cohorts as a standing imperial force.

• Augustan literatureRelated: His rule supplied the era’s political context and a recurring subject of praise and critique.

• DiocletianCompared with: Diocletian’s divided rule and court ceremony differed sharply from Augustus’s foundational imperial model.

• Mark AntonyCompared with: His victory over Antony established the regime that presented Antony as a defeated rival.

• PrincipateBroader topic: His settlement created the political arrangements that defined the Principate.

• Roman provincesRelated: His settlement divided provincial commands between the emperor and the Senate.

• OvidRelated: Ovid’s writing flourished under Augustus, whose moral program forms an uneasy backdrop to it.

• Roman taxationRelated: Augustus reshaped provincial finance and established more regular imperial revenue administration.

• Herod the GreatRelated: After defeating Antony, Augustus confirmed Herod’s kingship and enlarged his territory.

• AppianRelated: Appian’s narrative culminates in the political settlement that Augustus created.

• Dionysius of HalicarnassusRelated: Dionysius lived in Rome during Augustus’s rise and addressed a world shaped by Roman power.

• Roman client kingdomRelated: Augustus systematically used allied kings to secure frontiers and govern neighboring territories.

• Roman emperorBroader topic: His political settlement established the model of imperial rule.

• Second TriumvirateRelated: As Octavian, he outlasted his fellow triumvirs and transformed victory into sole rule.

• Battle of CarrhaeRelated: He later recovered the captured Roman standards through diplomacy with Parthia.

• Pax RomanaRelated: His settlement of power in 27 BCE conventionally marks the Pax Romana’s beginning.

• Roman mythologyRelated: His political program gave renewed public force to myths of Rome’s origins and divine favor.

• Roman provincial administrationRelated: Augustus divided provincial commands between the emperor and the Senate.

• TiberiusRelated: Tiberius inherited the principate Augustus had built and succeeded him in 14 CE.

• Roman imperialismRelated: He consolidated rule over Rome's existing domains and set the political framework for later expansion.

• Assassination of Julius CaesarRelated: Caesar’s adopted heir used the aftermath to defeat rivals and establish one-man rule.

• Battle of PhilippiRelated: The victory at Philippi strengthened the political and military position from which he eventually became emperor.

• Caesar's Civil WarRelated: The chain of civil wars beginning with Caesar’s victory ultimately enabled Octavian’s rule.

• Roman dictatorshipRelated: Augustus avoided reviving dictatorship while consolidating lasting authority through other titles.

• PantheonRelated: Agrippa built the first Pantheon during Augustus’s reign.

• Pont du GardRelated: The aqueduct belongs to the period of Roman expansion and monumental construction under the early empire.

• Romulus and RemusRelated: His regime promoted Rome’s legendary origins as part of a renewed civic identity.

• Roman imperial propagandaBroader topic: His settlement created enduring conventions for presenting imperial authority.

• Roman trade with IndiaRelated: Under Augustus, Roman control of Egypt strengthened the state's access to Red Sea trade.

• De architecturaRelated: Vitruvius dedicated the work to Augustus, linking it to the emperor’s building program.

• Roman provincial governorRelated: Augustus divided provinces between senatorial authority and his own direct control.

• Treaty of BrundisiumRelated: As Octavian, he retained the western territories in the agreement.