Augustus

62 BC–14

first emperor of the Roman Empire and founder of the Julio-Claudian dynasty

military personnel · politician · ruler

Born in Rome

Contemporaries

People who walked the earth at the same time as Augustus:

• Jesus Christ (5 BC–30)
• Julius Caesar (99 BC–43 BC)
• Virgil (69 BC–18 BC)
• Cicero (106 BC–42 BC)
• Ovid (42 BC–17)
• Cleopatra (68 BC–29 BC)
• Horace (64 BC–7 BC)
• Seneca (4 BC–65)

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