Augustus : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Augustus	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Augustus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Augustus n Roman statesman who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in 27 BC; defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BC at Actium (63 BC - AD 14) Synonym(s): Augustus, Gaius Octavianus, Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, Octavian
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Augustus the cognomen of the first Roman emperor, C. Julius Caesar Octavianus, during whose reign Christ was born (Luke 2:1). His decree that "all the world should be taxed" was the divinely ordered occasion of Jesus' being born, according to prophecy (Micah 5:2), in Bethlehem. This name being simply a title meaning "majesty" or "venerable," first given to him by the senate (B.C. 27), was borne by succeeding emperors. Before his death (A.D. 14) he associated Tiberius with him in the empire (Luke 3:1), by whom he was succeeded.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Augustus, increased, augmented