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Augustus

First emperor of the Roman Empire and founder of the Julio-Claudian dynasty

  • Fame88.6
  • Momentum0.0
  • Global rank#98
Source-basedStable
  • Fame88.6
  • Momentum0.0
  • Global rank#98
  • Italy rank#6
  • Politicians rank#28
  • Wikipedia314.4K
Lived -63–14, aged 77Italy
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  • Wikipedia
    213 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Global rank
    #98
    Fame.am leaderboard
  • Era
    -63–14
    Aged 77
  • Known for
    Kick-Ass 2
    2013
Summary
Updated 2026-08-13

He turned Rome from a murder-riddled republic into an empire and ruled it for four decades without calling himself king. The title he took instead—princeps, first citizen—became the template for every emperor after him.

Biography

About

Born Gaius Octavius into an equestrian family in 63 BC, he was nineteen when his great-uncle Julius Caesar was assassinated and left him everything in his will. He took the name, fought for the legions' loyalty, marched on Rome at twenty, and became the youngest consul in its history. He formed a triumvirate with Mark Antony and Marcus Lepidus to crush Caesar's killers at Philippi in 42 BC, then spent a decade dismantling his partners—exiling Lepidus in 36 BC, defeating Antony and Cleopatra at Actium in 31 BC. With Egypt his personal property and no rivals left, he struck a deal with the Senat…

Voice

In their own words

Sourced, dated quotes from Augustus

Augustus
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Young men, hear an old man to whom old men hearkened when he was young.
Augustus
saidundated
Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit.
— Statement made as he was dying, as quoted in The Fall of the Roman Empire (2007) by Rita J. Markel, p. 126
Augustus
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To seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man.
— Of Cato, as quoted in An Examination of the Isis Cult with Preliminary Exploration into New Testament Studies (2008) by Elizabeth A. McCabe
Augustus
saidundated
I came to see a king, not a row of corpses.
— After having visited the mausoleum of Alexander the Great in Alexandria, Augustus was asked if he also wanted to visit the mausoleum of the
Augustus
saidundated
Quintili Vare, legiones redde!
— Quintilius Varus, give me back my legions!
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Score breakdown

The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.

Fame
Stable
88.6
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Historical35.3
Now attention26.4
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
Global rank
#98
Country rank
#6
Category rank
#28
Receipts

Sources

  • Wikidata
    wikidata · wikidata.org
    High confidence
  • Wikipedia
    wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
    High confidence
  • Pantheon 2.0
    database · pantheon.world
    High confidence