AUGUSTUS CAESAR

Augustus Caesar

Augustus Caesar

Augustus is arguably the single most important figure in Roman history. In the course, he put an end to the advancing decay of the Republic and established a new basis for Roman government that was to stand for three centuries. This system, termed as "Principate," was far from flawless, but it provided the Empire with a series of rulers who presided over the longest period of unity, peace, and prosperity that Western Europe, the Middle East and the North African seaboard have known in their entire recorded history.

Augustus' greatest underhanded manipulation of the senate came shortly upon his ...