Augustus

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Head of Augustus found at Meroë. Bronze: height 47.75 cm. British Museum GR 1911.9-1.1.

Gaius Iulius Caesar Octavianus Augustus (23 September 63 BC—19 August, 14 CE) (Latin: IMP•CAESAR•DIVI•F•AVGVSTVS) was both the first Roman emperor (princeps) and first Roman ruler of Egypt after the death by suicide of Cleopatra VII, the last of the Ptolemaic Dynasty.

“Aegyptum imperio populi romani adieci”—“I added Egypt to the rule of the Roman people”.

Bibliography

• Bowman, Alan K. [1996], Egypt after the Pharaohs, 332 BC-AD 642: from Alexander to the Arab Conquest, second paperback edition, London: British Museum Press, 1996. ISBN 0714109924

• Herklotz, Friedrike [2007], Prinzeps und Pharao. Der Kult des Augustus in Ägypten, [Oikumene. Studien zur antiken Weltgeschichte 4], Frankfurt: Verlag Antike, 2007. ISBN 3938032154