what is the augustan age?

Answer 1

Augustan Age may refer to
1. The period in Roman history when Caesar Augustus became the first emperor.
2. The early 18th century in British literature and poetry, where the authors highly admired and emulated the original Augustan Age.

Answer 2

Through the reign of Julius Caesar, Rome was technically a republic. However, dispite the existence of a Senate, Caesar did pretty much as he liked. Many historians characterize him as a dictator, but he was too fond of the people he governed and was reasonably gentle (for the times) with those whom he conquered to be considered the kind of ruler that Hitler or Vlad the Impaler was.

Because of Caesar's "ambition" to be emperor, members of the Senate conspired to kill him and accomplished this on the legendary "Ides of March." When his public will was read, it indicated that Caesar had chosen his great-grandnephew, Octavian, to be his successor.

Upon gaining control of the Roman forces, Octavian chose to use the name Caesar Agustus (there are more names, but these two are how he's best remembered), as he was Julius Caesar's adopted son and Caesar had no legitimate children of his own.

After Caesar Augustus chased down and conquered Brutus and Cassius (two of the Roman conspirators), he went on to challenge Mark Antony, who had then aligned himself with Cleopatra.

Upon his triumphant return to Roman, he began making pacts with allies, creating the Second Triumvirate and officially becoming Emperor of Roman.

This marks the end of the Roman Republic and the beginning of the Roman Empire. Because of the pacts, there was no more civil war, and the period became known as the Pax Romana ("Roman Peace").

The Roman Empire would last for the next four hundred years, and it is this time period that is known as the Augustan Age.

Answer 3

reign of augustus emperors of ancient rome

Answer 4

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