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Augustus Caesar, the Rome's first true Emperor was the historical figure who had the greatest impact upon the western world between the dawn of civilization and the end of the middle ages. Augustus Caesar (31B.C. - 14 A.D.) was originally named Gaius Octivian, the name Augustus was granted by the Roman Senate, which means magnificent. The success of Augustus was he developed an honest government, and during his reign, he rebuilt many structures to improve the Roman Empire, which included temples and roads with classical style. He created an efficient postal service that encouraged free trade among the region. The soul power of Augustus had established him to distribute the long standing of Rome. Augustus Caesar did not gain his position easily. He was the adopted heir of Julius Caesar, and he attained his position and held it without meeting with the same fate as his Uncle Julius Caesar. Augustus had to bring the people to his side and win the support of the military in order to gain his trust from the senate. He had raised his own military. Meanwhile, many of the senate was against Mark Antony, who was the right hand man of Julius Caesar and also wanted to become the heir. The leader of the senate, Cicero, reali
Francis, Rene B.A., Augustus his life and his work. The tax that was collected was also contributed to rebuild the Roman Empire. Augustus claimed he had rebuilt eighty-two different structures, including roads, aqueducts, temples and buildings with remarkable work of art created a classical style. Most of them were constructed of hard stones and bricks. There was also grandiose new buildings: "the Theatre of Marcellus, the Temple of Apollo on the Palatine, the Horologium or sun-dial, the great circular Mausoleum, and the massive Forum of Augustus with its Temple of Mars Ultor 'the Avenger'"(Scarre, 20). Augustus had sheltered about one million people to construct about seven hundreds hectares. The most significant construction Augustus had built was the expansion of aqueducts; it was built to supply water to every single household, which were sort of social foundations. But yet, citizens had to pay a water tax for what they consumed, and all citizens who tapped the main tanks paid for their license to do so. "Fountains were built in the plazas and at the intersections of roads and were used in the daily lives of the citizens"(www.taisei.co.jp/cg_e/ancient_world/rome/rome_01.html). Besides this, Augustus had also constructed many religious temples and forums, which provided citizens with a place to worship gods. Augustus encouraged people to go to the religious festivals and ceremonies that he held. Forums that he dedicated was to provide better facilities for those who were new for the administration of the provinces (Scarre, 22). The most famous Forum that he dedicated was call "the wealth of statuary". There stood all the family members of Augustus, and other great men of Rome. Nonetheless, Augustus was a very intelligent and elitist emperor for the Roman Empire. The reconstruction of Rome had brought people a
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