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Augustus - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus
Biography of Augustus from Wikipedia.

Augustus - http://www.roman-emperors.org/auggie.htm
Comprehensive biography of Augustus' life and reforms during the Principate. Bibliography and footnotes.

Augustus (27 BC - 14 AD) - http://www.umich.edu/~classics/programs/class/cc/372/sibyl/en/Augustus.html
Succinct biography of Augustus illustrated with Imperial coins from his reign.

Augustus Caesar and the Pax Romana - http://www.historyguide.org/ancient/lecture12b.html
Study of Augustus' reforms after his victory at Actium in 31 B.C. and their impact on creating the "Pax Romana."

Augustus First Roman Emperor - http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/95sep/augustus.html
A brief biography of Augustus, grand-nephew of Julius Caesar.

Augustus: Images of Power - http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/users/morford/augimage.html
Pictures and descriptions of monuments and artwork featuring Augustus Caesar.

Bible History Online: Augustus - http://www.bible-history.com/augustus/
General overview of the life and history of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus. Provides biographical timeline, maps and images, text of dictionary and encyclopedia entries, and selected translations from the Res Gestae and De Vita Caesarum.

Building Projects in Rome in Augustus' Time - http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/augpers.htm
Timeline showing the architectural contributions made to Rome by the Emperor Augustus. Some plans and drawings.

Caesar Augustus - http://www.virgil.org/augustus/
An annotated guide to online resources on the life and works of Augustus Caesar.

Cassius Dio - http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/
Index to online works of Greek historian Cassius Dio: ancient biography of Augustus is contained in Books 45-56 (see index). From Lacus Curtius site.

Cicero: Select Letters - http://homepage.usask.ca/~jrp638/DeptTransls/CicLetters.html
Selection of letters from Cicero on the Civil War, including assassination of Julius Caesar and the early career of Octavian, later Augustus. In English [U. Saskatchewan].

De Vita Caesarum: The Divine Augustus - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/suetonius-augustus.html
Suetonius' near-contemporary history of Octavian, later Augustus Caesar.

Divus Augustus - http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/suet-aug.html
Life of Agustus according to Suetonius, but in outline form.

Livia - Wife of Augustus - http://www.roman-emperors.org/livia.htm
Succinct biography of Livia, wife of Augustus and first Empress of Rome. From DIR.

Nicolaus of Damascus: AUGUSTUS - http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/nicolaus.html
Translation of Nicolaus of Damascus' ancient, original "Life of Augustus."

Octavian and Antony: The Rise of Augustus - http://homepage.usask.ca/~jrp638/CourseNotes/Octavian.html
Essay by John Porter (University of Saskatchewan) regarding the rise of Octavian during the Triumvirate.

Princeps: The Life of Caesar Augustus - http://www.heraklia.net/Augustus/
A comprehensive multi-part biography of Gaius Octavius, later known as Augustus, and his world in the first century of the Roman Empire

The Annals by Tacitus - http://classics.mit.edu/Tacitus/annals.html
Near contemporary historical source for last years of Augustus' reign by Tacitus.

The Mausoleum of Augustus - http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/mausaug.html
Description, illustrations of The Mausoleum of Augustus, the funerary complex in which he was buried. Quotations, descriptions from contemporary historians.

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