Italy: Bronze equestrian statue of Augustus Caesar (63 BCE-14 CE), first Roman Emperor, c. 12-10 BCE. Found in the Aegean sea between the islands of Euboea and Agios Efstratios. National Archeological Museum, Athens (2014)

Caesar Augustus (63 BCE– 14 CE), also known as Octavian, was the first and among the most important of the Roman Emperors.

Augustus' most visible impact on everyday culture is the eighth month of the year, which was renamed in Augustus' honor in 8 BCE because several of the most significant events in his rise to power, culminating in the fall of Alexandria, occurred during this month.

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