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Who is Augustus?
        AUGUS'TUS
        (venerable), Caius Julius Caesar Octavianus, b.c. 62-a.d. 14. The grand-nephew of Julius Caesar, and first emperor of Rome. It was he who gave the order for the enrolment which was the human occasion of the Bethlehemic birth of Christ. Luke 2:1. He was one of the second so-called triumvirate, with Mark Antony and Lepidus. After the removal of the latter he fought a battle with Antony at Actium, b.c. 31, defeating him. The senate saluted him as emperor, and in b.c. 27 conferred on him the title of "Augustus." Coin of Augustus in Berlin. He comes into the New Testament in connection with Herod, whom he had reinstated in his kingdom and greatly honored, although Herod had espoused the cause of Antony. At Herod's death Augustus divided his kingdom in accordance Marble Statue of Augustus, found in 1863 at Prima Porta, near Rome. with his will, and even educated two of his sons, since their relations had been very intimate. He reigned forty-one years, and was succeeded by Tiberius Caesar. Luke 3:1. See Caesar


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