Augustus, known as Octavian, was the first emperor of Rome, ruling for forty years. Born in 63 BC and died in August 14 AD, he was renowned for his political and military prowess. Augustus brought stability to Rome after the fall of the Roman Republic and laid the foundation for the Roman Empire.
Related Quotes
“You cheer my heart, who build as if Rome would be eternal.”
“We write our names in the sand: and then the waves roll in and wash them away.”
“I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.”
“If I have played my part well, clap your hands, and dismiss me with applause from the stage.”
“Did I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished!”
“Young men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young.”
“If we could survive without a wife, citizens of Rome, all of us would do without that nuisance.”
“To seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man.”
“Behold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!”
“The tales of our exploits will survive as long as the human voice itself.”
Source: Caesaris Augusti Res gestae ; et, Fragmenta