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AUGUSTUS CAESAR

Birth Name: Gaius Octavius

Birthplace: Velitrae (southeast of Rome)

Date of Birth: September 23, 63 BC

Date of Death: August 19, 14 AD

Mother: Atia Balba Caesonia

Father: Gaius Octavius

Sister: Octavia

(The following information is based on Suetonius' account.)

Hair Color: Blondish

Eye Color: Light

Height: 5 feet 9 inches (approximately)

He was the "first Roman emperor, following the republic, which had been finally destroyed by the dictatorship of Julius Caesar, his great-uncle and adoptive father. His autocratic regime is known as the principate because he was the princeps, the first citizen, at the head of that array of outwardly revived republican institutions that alone made his autocracy palatable. With unlimited patience, skill, and efficiency, he overhauled every aspect of Roman life and brought durable peace and prosperity to the Greco-Roman world." - from the Encyclopedia Britannica Online

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