Augustus

Speech parts

1. Augustus - Noun

2. Augustus - Proper noun

Meaning

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)

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Examples

Thirty centuries of history allow us to look with supreme pity on certain doctrines which are preached beyond the Alps by the descendants of those who were illiterate when Rome had Caesar, Virgil, and Augustus. Benito Mussolini

It ain't dying I'm talking about, it's living. I doubt it matters where you die, but it matters where you live.” ~spoken by Augustus McCrae. Larry McMurtry

No honour was left for the gods, when Augustus chose to be himself worshipped with temples and statues, like those of the deities, and with flamens and priests. Tacitus

I'm sure partial to the evening,' Augustus said. 'The evening and the morning. If we just didn't have to have the rest of the dern day I'd be a lot happier. Larry McMurtry

Though never for an instant faltering in my opinion that Augustus Fink-Nottle was Nature's final word in cloth-headed guffins, I liked the man, wished him well. P. G. Wodehouse

That's the thing about pain," Augustus said, and then glanced back at me. "It demands to be felt. John Green (author)

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