augustan

Speech parts

1. augustan - Noun

2. augustan - Adjective

Meaning

Of or pertaining to Augustus Caesar or to his times.

Of or pertaining to the town of Augsburg.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

greek romanesque hellenic roman latin august imperial grecian Augustus ionic scholastic majestic doric classical classic
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Antonyms

complicated unclassical

Phrases with the word

augustan empire Augustan Age post-Augustan pre-Augustan

Examples

the Augustan Age Source: Internet

According to the Augustan History (Aurel. 31.2), Zenobia's father's name was Achilleus and his usurper was named Antiochus (Zos. 1.60.2). Source: Internet

As such, in 12 BC he received military commissions in Pannonia and Germania ; both areas highly volatile and of key importance to Augustan policy. Source: Internet

By then, the triumph had been absorbed into the Augustan Imperial cult system, in which only the emperor Very occasionally, a close relative who had glorified the Imperial gens might receive the honor. Source: Internet

Furtwangler, Die Antiken Gemmen, 1910, I, pl. V, no. 37. This same image would also be used later in the Rome of the Augustan age as documented by Furtwangler. Source: Internet

He also seems to emphasize unsavory, popular traditions of the festivals, imbuing the poem with a popular, plebeian flavor, which some have interpreted as subversive to the Augustan moral legislation. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Augusta Springs Augusta-Margaret River Augusta-Margaret Rivers Augustan Age augustan empire Augustana Lutheran