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<p>[QUOTE="Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 5431600, member: 99554"]<i>For forty years he reigned over the immense Roman Empire. Nothing predisposed the young Octavian, simple protege of Caesar, to become one of the greatest sovereigns of all time.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="https://cdn.britannica.com/93/58593-050-6D4269C6/Augustus-bronze-sculpture-Sudan-Meroe-British-Museum.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></p><p>Augustus, British Museum </p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">January 16, 27 BC</span></b>: the Roman Senate awarded Octavian the title of <b>Augustus</b>, usually reserved for deities. This honorary title designates one who acts under good auspices. Historians use this name to refer to him from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD and after his death it was used as a title for subsequent emperors. It rewards the grandnephew and adopted son of Julius Caesar for having restored the forms of the senatorial republic and pacified the country by putting an end to the civil wars which had stained it with blood for a century. Three days earlier, Octavian had skillfully resigned from all his functions and the distraught Senate had begged him to return! And this is how Senator Lucius Munatius Plancus, who had betrayed Marc Antony for the benefit of Octavian on the eve of the battle of Actium, suggests giving the latter the nickname <b>Augustus</b>. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://geo.img.pmdstatic.net/pad/http.3A.2F.2Fprd2-bone-image.2Es3-website-eu-west-1.2Eamazonaws.2Ecom.2Fgeo.2F2019.2F06.2F04.2F1120ee15-5d1b-401b-b8e9-413257115739.2Ejpeg/650x400/quality/80/1120ee15-5d1b-401b-b8e9-413257115739-jpeg.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Discovered in 1951, this marble shield was probably offered to the consul in 27 BC. The Senate and the people thus conferred on him the honorary title of Augustus, which all emperors after him would wear.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Augustus</b> comes from the Latin word <i>Augere</i> (which means to increase) and can be translated as "the illustrious". It was a title of religious rather than political authority. <b>Augustus</b> obtained the right to hang the civic crown above his door, the "civic crown" in oak, and to have laurels draped over its doorposts. However, he refrained from displaying insignia of power such as holding a scepter, wearing a tiara, or wearing the golden crown and purple toga of his predecessor Julius Caesar. If he refused to symbolize his power by putting on and wearing these objects on his person, the Senate nevertheless awarded him a gold shield displayed in the meeting room of the Curia, bearing the inscription <i>virtus, pietas, clementia , iustitia</i> - "bravery, piety, mercy and justice." </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Please show me your augustan coins !</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Augustus Ae As</p><p>RIC 428</p><p>P LVRIVS AGRIPPA</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1236015[/ATTACH] </p><p>Augustus Ae As</p><p>RIC 427</p><p>P LVRIVS AGRIPPA </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1236016[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 5431600, member: 99554"][I]For forty years he reigned over the immense Roman Empire. Nothing predisposed the young Octavian, simple protege of Caesar, to become one of the greatest sovereigns of all time. [IMG]https://cdn.britannica.com/93/58593-050-6D4269C6/Augustus-bronze-sculpture-Sudan-Meroe-British-Museum.jpg[/IMG] [/I] Augustus, British Museum [B][COLOR=#ff0000]January 16, 27 BC[/COLOR][/B]: the Roman Senate awarded Octavian the title of [B]Augustus[/B], usually reserved for deities. This honorary title designates one who acts under good auspices. Historians use this name to refer to him from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD and after his death it was used as a title for subsequent emperors. It rewards the grandnephew and adopted son of Julius Caesar for having restored the forms of the senatorial republic and pacified the country by putting an end to the civil wars which had stained it with blood for a century. Three days earlier, Octavian had skillfully resigned from all his functions and the distraught Senate had begged him to return! And this is how Senator Lucius Munatius Plancus, who had betrayed Marc Antony for the benefit of Octavian on the eve of the battle of Actium, suggests giving the latter the nickname [B]Augustus[/B]. [IMG]https://geo.img.pmdstatic.net/pad/http.3A.2F.2Fprd2-bone-image.2Es3-website-eu-west-1.2Eamazonaws.2Ecom.2Fgeo.2F2019.2F06.2F04.2F1120ee15-5d1b-401b-b8e9-413257115739.2Ejpeg/650x400/quality/80/1120ee15-5d1b-401b-b8e9-413257115739-jpeg.jpeg[/IMG] Discovered in 1951, this marble shield was probably offered to the consul in 27 BC. The Senate and the people thus conferred on him the honorary title of Augustus, which all emperors after him would wear. [B]Augustus[/B] comes from the Latin word [I]Augere[/I] (which means to increase) and can be translated as "the illustrious". It was a title of religious rather than political authority. [B]Augustus[/B] obtained the right to hang the civic crown above his door, the "civic crown" in oak, and to have laurels draped over its doorposts. However, he refrained from displaying insignia of power such as holding a scepter, wearing a tiara, or wearing the golden crown and purple toga of his predecessor Julius Caesar. If he refused to symbolize his power by putting on and wearing these objects on his person, the Senate nevertheless awarded him a gold shield displayed in the meeting room of the Curia, bearing the inscription [I]virtus, pietas, clementia , iustitia[/I] - "bravery, piety, mercy and justice." [B]Please show me your augustan coins ! [/B] Augustus Ae As RIC 428 P LVRIVS AGRIPPA [ATTACH=full]1236015[/ATTACH] Augustus Ae As RIC 427 P LVRIVS AGRIPPA [ATTACH=full]1236016[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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