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• - Pictures and descriptions of monuments and artwork featuring Augustus Caesar.
  
• - Succinct biography of Livia, wife of Augustus and first Empress of Rome. From DIR.
  
• - Near contemporary historical source for last years of Augustus' reign by Tacitus.
  
• - Suetonius' near-contemporary history of Octavian, later Augustus Caesar.
  
• - Resources for studies of Emperor Augustus Caesar and contemporaries in ancient Rome. Includes a reference source for Augustan resources on the Web.
  
• - Short biography of Augustus with some images.
  
• - Comprehensive biography of Augustus' life and reforms during the Principate. Bibliography and footnotes.
  
• - A brief biography of Augustus, grand-nephew of Julius Caesar.
  
• - Succinct biography of Augustus illustrated with Imperial coins from his reign.
  
• - Translation of Nicolaus of Damascus' ancient, original "Life of Augustus."
  
• - An essay about the government and social reforms instituted by Augustus Caesar after the collapse of the Roman Republic.
  
• - Biography of the Empress Livia, wife of Caesar Augustus. From Feminae Romanae.
  
• - Coin images and other objets d'art reflecting Roman history from Julius Caesar through the Triumvirates to Augustus Caesar. Images, scant text.
  
• - History of the disaster of Augustus' general, Varus, in the Teutoberg Forest, A.D. 9. Information concerning Augustus' legions in Germany, battle, background, bibliography. Part of the "Varus Film Project" site.
  
• - An annotated guide to online resources on the life and works of Augustus Caesar.
  
• - Essay outlining Augustus' contributions to the so-called Pax Romana.
  
• - Detailed biography of Augustus Caesar from birth, through the struggles of Caesar's murder and the Second Triumvirate, to absolute power of the Roman Empire.
  
• - Description, illustrations of The Mausoleum of Augustus, the funerary complex in which he was buried. Quotations, descriptions from contemporary historians.
  
• - Essay by John Porter (University of Saskatchewan) regarding the rise of Octavian during the Triumvirate.
  
• - General overview of the life and history of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus. Provides biographical timeline, maps and images, text of dictionary and encyclopedia entries, and selected translations from the Res Gestae and De Vita Caesarum.
  
• - Study of Augustus' reforms after his victory at Actium in 31 B.C. and their impact on creating the "Pax Romana."
  
• - Timeline showing the architectural contributions made to Rome by the Emperor Augustus. Some plans and drawings.
  
• - Selection of letters from Cicero on the Civil War, including assassination of Julius Caesar and the early career of Octavian, later Augustus. In English [U. Saskatchewan].
  
• - Index to online works of Greek historian Cassius Dio: ancient biography of Augustus is contained in Books 45-56 (see index). From Lacus Curtius site.