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Octavius/Augustus was quite the emperor. Julius Caesar would have definitely been proud.

That was the best achievement which Lord Augustus made in establishing the Roman Empire,good friends!!!🙏🏻

I don't think that Augustus was a malevolent evil genius as made out in this video. Fun fact: the terms "Emperor" & "Empire" were not known then as we know today. The naughty no, no title of Dictator was what they had back then which signified a tyrant - something which Augustus wanted to avoid. In fact, had you lived up until even the reign of Justinian, the Romans would still refer to the Roman state as the "Republic" / Res-publica or the "public thing." Moreover, in the time of Augustus' rise to power most of the Senate and the people were concerned mainly with stability following years of ongoing civil wars. The title of "Imperator" (where we get the modern term for Emperor) was an official title for "one who holds command" who was bestowed the title and acted in place of the Senate. This was given to several individuals over the years to deal with problems within Roman territory which were far from the Senate. Furthermore, due multiple Imperators who raised troops and took action in the name of the Roman Senate, the legions owed more loyalty to their commanders (Imperators) than the Senate itself as seen during Caesar's wars. When Augustus had defeated Mark Anthony he was the remaining Imperator and the sole military authority at that point who could bring peace to Rome since all the legions obeyed only one Imperator now. The Senate found this useful to finally bring an end to years of endless civil wars. Thus Augustus remained Imperator, whose chair sat in between the two Roman Consuls, who was a member and also held accountable to the Roman Senate. Over the years, further powers were granted to the office of Imperator such as the veto power held by the Tribunes of the Plebs, the powers of the Censor, etc. The title of "Princeps" was an honorific title bestowed to Augustus and successors which essentially meant "First Citizen" and was thus intended to be the first among equals in the Senate. The office of Imperator never really became an "Emperor" as we know it today in the sense of an absolute monarchy until Diocletian. I'd recommend reading "Caesar: Life of a Colossus" and "Augustus" by Adrian Goldsworthy.

Ironic that Augustus died in August, a month he named for himself!

Amazing video.. big fan of yours and big fan of Greco-Roman history .. because of that I would like to see complete series like this about Greek history from Minoans, Spartans, Alexander and war of Diadoch and everything in-between .. and finally until fall under Rome (which is in fact this series continuation of)

This is so cool! Thank you for the knowledge!

Ancient Sight is such a gem of a channel

Greatly appreciate working with you !

Hope you do one video about the insane 3rd Emperor Caligula.

It was an informative and wonderful historical coverage video about Roman Empire rules creation... which was a conjunction between Rome internal competitions and legions conscription + imperial borders wars

Great story ❤❤

can't wait for the next part

awesome epic narrator.

Awesome information. Everyday I think about Rome Empire, just the song on SNL.

Why modern Italians didn't used "S", end words in their names now like Maximus, Agustus

Augustus' last words have been stylised as follows: if I have done well, give loud applause, shouts of joy in this actor's cause.

One thing, you forgot switzerland and a part of germany, known s baden. They where a part of Roman Empire to, even the oldes bridage in germany was made by Romans

another great video Q!!!

I must say Octavius/Augustus lived to be very old for the medieval period with very little knowledge on diseases and viruses and Doctors had very little cures and experience for such things. Sadly not many people make it too 75 years old today in most countries and this is 2000 years later

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus was a total badass, just like his great uncle.

Ngl before Ceasar came the Punic wars was crazy good

Amazing 💯

very good video, too bad it doesnt have more views

Wouldn't it have been more logical if he called himself October instead of Augustus?

Augustus was a sort of prototype for the adoptive emperors. When done correctly, adopting was the best option, especially outside the family.

Great video, but I believe you meant to say “Caesar” was a title given to every emperor following Octavian, not “Augustus.”

Gayus Octavius

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Agrippa-5 sons? I only heard of 3, Lucius Gauis Postumus

Next video will be the rise of publica?

Why didn't you show his campaign into Germania?

New part

The Roman Empire was one of the best places to be a citizen of. Despite it being an aristocracy, compared to other nations of the time, it was very liberal. Roman citizens had more civil liberties than any where else in that world at the time, even women had more rights than any where else in the world at the time. A measure not matched until the creation of the US.

Rome followed Alexander the Great. When his generals were fighting amongst themselves, Rome conquered their territories, mined gold and silver, and stamped coins to pay for bigger armies. The end.

I'm a simple guy. I see "Roman Empire" *I click*

no mention of Arminius ???

At what point did The Roman Republic become known as The Roman Empire because your last video and this video just called it simply Rome

Roman Empire didn't just slaughtered roman republic but whole rome in subsequent distant future..

He’s no Pompy but who is

Hail Augustus!!!

gypsy people were badass

Why the ecclesiastical latin pronunciation? Prin-cheps? Really???

Similar to America, on the backs on other groups.

There's an awful lot of mind-reading in this video. If you're speculating about the motives of people over a thousand years ago, you should probably make it clear you're just speculating.

Rome is not to be glorified, these people killed Yahusha. (Pontius Pilate) the Roman governor of Judea (26-37 AD) who crucified Christ. They will fall amongst his RETURN

Horrible script writing. How many times are you going to say "thus"? And you can't even use that properly... who writes this stuff? Ugh!! God awful....