Augustus

Imperator Caesar Augustus, born as Gaius Octavius and known for a time after his adoption as Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (63 BC - 14 AD) was the first emperor of the Roman Empire. His parents were Gaius Octavius and Atia, his consort was Livia Drusilla and his daughter Julia the Elder.

Busts[edit]

In Istanbul.
Bronze statue, National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece.
Portrait, ca. 29 BC, Louvre, Paris, France
Portrait as a young man, ca. 27-20 BC, Louvre, Paris, France.
Portrait of the type of Prima Porta, Cabinet des Médailles
provenant de Delphes, collection particulière.
Augustus with Civic Crown. Glyptothek, Munich, Germany.
Bust of Augustus, c. 30 BC. Museo Capitolino, Rome, Italy.
Bronze bust of Augustus, dated 27-25 BC. British Museum, London, United Kingdom.
Bronze bust of Augustus, dated 27-25 BC. British Museum, London, United Kingdom.
Marble bust dated after 14 AD. British Museum, London, UK.
From Helmodt's History of the World, 1901
Augustus as pontifex maximus, c. 20 BC
Bust in the Römisch-Germanisches Museum, Köln
Augusto velado, siglo I d. n. e. Museo Nacional de Arte Romano (Mérida).

Full-length statues[edit]

Marble statue. Prado, Madrid
Augusto di Prima Porta, Vatican Museums
Copy of the statue of Prima Porta in Zaragoza (Roman Caesar Augusta).
Statue on the Via dei Fori Imperiali, Rome
Portrait, ca. 30-20 BC, Louvre
As Pontifex Maximus, palazzo Massimo alle Terme
Idem: Detail
August's genie, Vatican Museums
Statue disfigured by Christians. Ephesus museum, Selçuk, Turkey
Bronze statue of Augustus. National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
Egyptian style depiction on the free-standing temple of Kalabsha in Egyptian Nubia
Heroic statue of Octavius' head, ca. 40 BC
Statue of Augustus in Apolon discovered in the ruins of the Ancient Theater of Arles (France)

Coinage[edit]

Mark Antony and Octavian, 41 BC
Denarius ca. 19-18 BC
Denarius, 18 BC
Aureus, 18 BC
Augustus and Agrippa
Augustus and Agrippa
Augustus and Agrippa
Augustus on a coin struck by Agrippa
Aureus, 27-18 BC
Aureus, 14 AD
Aureus, 10 BC
Aureus, 30 BC
Aureus, 1 BC
Aureus, 4 AD
Aureus, 14 AD

Gemstones[edit]

Cameo, Lotharkreuz, Domschatz Aachen, Germany
Cameo, Cabinet des Médailles, Paris
Cameo, British Museum, London
Gemma Augustea, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Miscellaneous[edit]

Part of the Res gestae Divi Augusti, Augustus' autobiography.
From the 15th c. Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry
From the 15th c. Mutinensis gr. 122

Maps[edit]

Second Triumnvirat
The Roman Empire under Augustus.
Expansion of the Roman Empire under Augustus.
Haltern legionary camp (11 B.C.-9 A.D.)
Teutoburgus' battle (9 A.D.)
The campaign of Nero Claudius Drusus in Germania during 12-9 BC under Augustus.
The campaign of Tiberius and Domitius Aenobarbus during 3 BC - 6 AD under Augustus.
Roman Province of Germania in 9 A.D. before disaster of Teutoburgus
La Germania Magna nel 10 A.D.
Dalmato-pannonic revolt: 6 A.D.
Dalmato-pannonic revolt: 7 A.D.
Dalmato-pannonic revolt: 8 A.D.
Dalmato-pannonic revolt: 9 A.D.