Augustus Caesar

Portrait of Augustus Caesar

Princeps · Father of the Fatherland · Emperor of Rome · 63 BC–14 AD

Rome's first true emperor — Caesar's heir who outlasted every rival and built a dynasty lasting centuries.

Explore the life of Augustus — five chapters

  1. Caesar's Unexpected Heir — A teenager thrust into deadly politics
  2. Civil War and the Road to Power — Alliance, then rivalry, then supremacy
  3. The Republic 'Restored' — How to rule as an emperor without a crown
  4. The Roman Peace — Building an empire that would last
  5. The Model of the Emperor — A legacy of stability and one-man rule

Read the five-chapter life of Augustus Caesar →

Teach what Augustus discovered

Augustus and the Birth of the Empire — ideas Augustus is tied to on the Living Knowledge Map. On Incandio you prove you understand one by teaching it to Ember, the AI pupil, in Teach the Room.

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