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Message:: [QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 7928828, member: 10461"]The oversimplistic way my first Ancients mentor taught it to me, regarding those titles, is this: think of the Augustus as the president.  The ruler, in other words.  Think of the Caesar as the vice-president.  The heir apparent; the next in line. Yes, it's a silly and imperfect comparison, but it helped me to remember. These titles are confusing, since Caesar and Augustus were also the names/titles of those two particular individuals.  It's only later on that they became titles referring to someone's position, rather than to any specific individual. If you like (again, an oversimplified way of putting it): Augustus = the reigning "monarch" (emperor, in the Roman context). Caesar = the "prince" (or one of them) who's in line for the throne next. So if you see a coin that is described as, for example, "Marcus Aurelius as Caesar", that doesn't mean that he bears any resemblance to Julius Caesar on the coin.  It means the coin was struck when he had the rank of Caesar, and had not yet assumed the title of Augustus (full emperor). Similarly, “Marcus Aurelius as Augustus" would refer to a coin that was struck after Marcus Aurelius had assumed full imperial power and gained the rank of Augustus.  In that context, it has nothing to do with the man called Augustus. Though since he was the first emperor, you could say Augustus (the man) was the first Augustus (the title).[/QUOTE]