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No Roman was more important than Augustus . But who was Augustus ? A person-mystery , great political leader Octavian , the first emperor of Rome . He was a person , who managed to concentrate in his hands all strength of power . A person , who influenced life of the whole empire The man of millennium

By victory over Roman commander Anthony and Egyptian empress Cleopatra he finished civil wars , which started after death of Caesar . He concentrated power in his hands , but preserved traditional republican institutions such regime was called Principate . After his

victory Octavian received from Senate as sign of gratitude his new name Augustus . This name later became a title , which meant emperor 's majesty .He has power (being a tribune , and his words had form of . After death of Lepide he became Pontifex Maximus , after he united in his hands all most important priestly posts and in such a way became a head of government in religious relation as well . In such a way , a form of Roman monarchy was established by him , and this kind of monarchy existed till Dioclethian 's times

He waged different wars in Africa , Asia and Europe . He made all efforts to improve moral , tried to rebirth old religion and improved discipline in the armies and in Rome . He decorated Rome with numerous buildings and could be proud b fact that he received Rome made of bricks and left it made of marble . Thankful nation created altars and temples in his honor , along with goddess Roma , and by special Decree of Senate month Sextilis was renamed in his honor - August (William J . Duiker pp 130-131

His death brought deep grief to his nation : he was ranked among the gods and people built a lot of temples and altars in his honor

In the period of early Principate the main process in social-political life of Romans we can consider establishment of autocratic government and impetuous development of emperor 's cult - cult of August . He is a classical example of charismatic leader and emperor 's cult was aimed to play a role of idea , which allows to unite the whole society

Internal policy was directed at strengthening of senate and cavalier classes , power of masters over their slaves , strengthening of family principles of Roman citizens . Social basis of Octavian was increased because of province aristocracy , which received a number of benefits and privileges . Regulation of tax police promoted to reanimation of economic life in the whole Roman Empire

Augustus was one of the most talented , energetic and skillful governors in the world . Unbelievably huge work which was of benefit in the Roman future , work for reorganization and reconstruction , which he made in any structure of his huge Empire , helped him to create new Roman world where all classes , till the poorest , lived good : the reason was improvement of international relations and prosperity of trade Autocracy regime , established during his period (with taking into account Caesars ' mistakes , changed Republic (which already fell into decline ) - although there were a lot of plotters in the beginning - and was doomed for long prosperous existence . It brought stability , safety and prosperity of unexampled huge part of Roman population more then for two centuries Augustus provided survival and preservation of political social and cultural heritage of classical world , as Roman as Greek world Augustus created basis , where could grow seeds of Christianity and Judaism (during Octavian 's period Jesus Christ was born and Judaca became from government-client a Roman province . This was the influence of Octavian into Roman future

So , taking into consideration all aforesaid (it is only a small part of his famous deeds , we can say with certainty that no Roman was more important than Augustus

Works Cited

1 . William J . Duiker , June 2003 World History ' 4th edition , publisher Thomson Learning , pp . 130-131

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DATE : September 21 , 2004 ...