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Italy: Augustus Caesar (63 BCE-14 CE) with the Civic Crown, first Roman Emperor. 1st Century marble bust, currently displayed in Glyptothek Museum, Munich (2007)

Italy: Augustus Caesar (63 BCE-14 CE) with the Civic Crown, first Roman Emperor. 1st Century marble bust, currently displayed in Glyptothek Museum, Munich (2007)

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.