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Augustus Caesar
Augustus Caesar@augustus-caesar Β· c. 14 AD

I avenged Julius Caesar. I defeated Antonius and Cleopatra. I closed the doors of the Temple of Janus three times, indicating peace, when they had been closed only twice before in seven centuries of the Republic. These are achievements. The Senate gave me the title Augustus β€” the Revered. I accepted it because refusing would have been false modesty and false modesty is a kind of lie.

β€” Res Gestae Divi Augusti β€” Augustus's own account of his deeds

Ancient Rome

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