For bonus points, Augustus isn’t even his birth name. It’s not even his adoptive name (as he was adopted by his great-uncle, Gaius Julius Caesar). It was a name he pushed the Senate to give him - meaning ‘exalted’. A truly humble man, our Emperor Augustus!
For bonus points, Augustus isn’t even his birth name. It’s not even his adoptive name (as he was adopted by his great-uncle, Gaius Julius Caesar). It was a name he pushed the Senate to give him - meaning ‘exalted’. A truly humble man, our Emperor Augustus!