What is Augustus?
{{Infobox royalty | name = Augustus Caesar | title = [[Princeps]] | succession = [[Roman Emperor]] | image = Statue-Augustus.jpg | caption = The statue known as the [[Augustus of Prima Porta]], 1st century | reign = 16 January 27 BC – 19 August 14 AD | successor = [[Tiberius]] | spouse = {{ubl|Clodia Pulchra (43 – 40 [[BC]])|Scribonia (40 – 38 BC)|Livia Drusilla (38 BC – 14 AD)}} | issue = [[Julia the Elder]] | house-type = Imperial Dynasty | father = Natural: Gaius Octavius;<br /> Adoptive: [[Julius Caesar]] (in 44 BC) | mother = Atia Balba Caesonia | birth_date = 23 September 63 BC ([[Roman calendar]]) | birth_place = [[Rome]], [[Roman Republic]] | death_date = 19 August 14 ([[Julian calendar]]) (aged 76) | death_place = [[Nola]], [[Italy]], [[Roman Empire]] | burial_place = [[Mausoleum of Augustus]], Rome | heir = | royal house = [[Julio-Claudian dynasty|Julio-Claudian]] ||regnal name=Imperator Caesar Augustus Princeps Civitatis}} {{infobox | image = [[File:Rmn-social-header-1-.svg|245px]] | data1 = These articles cover '''[[Ancient Rome]]''' and the fall of the [[Roman Republic|Republic]] | header2 = | data3 = '''[[Roman Republic]]''', '''[[First Triumvirate]]''', '''[[Assassination of Julius Caesar]]''', '''[[Mark Antony]]''', '''[[Cleopatra VII|Cleopatra&nbsp;VII]]''', '''[[Pompey]]''', '''[[Cicero]]''', '''[[Second Triumvirate]]''' }} '''Augustus''' ({{lang-la|Imperator Caesar Dīvī Fīlius Augustus}}; 23 September 63 [[BC]] – 19 August 14 [[AD]]) was the first [[Roman Emperor|Roman]] Emperor, ruling from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. He led Rome in its transition from the [[Roman Republic]] to the [[Roman Empire]]. When Julius Caesar was assassinated, Augustus and his allies fought against the assassins and defeated them. Later, Augustus fought against his allies and defeated them. ==Life== '''Octavian''', as he was originally called, was