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'''Augustus''' (63 BCE - 14 CE) was the first Roman Emperor, from 27 BCE to 14 CE.
*DICTIONARY: see [[Augustus]]
*ANCIENT SOURCES: see [[Augustus (sources)]]


==Overview==
Augustus was the founder of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, followed by [[:Category:Tiberius (subject)|Tiberius]].


Around 30 BCE, he took control of the land of Israel before becoming emperor in 27 BCE.
This category includes (in chronological order) scholarly and fictional works dealing with the character of [[Augustus]].  
 
Augustus continued the friendly policy of his uncle, Julius Caesar, toward the Jews. He showed his sympathy by sending gifts to the Jerusalem Temple and by causing the daily sacrifice to be offered up in his name. He renewed the edicts granting freedom of worship, and protecting Jewish religious practice.
 
In Judea Augustus supported the [[Herodians|Herodian dynasty]]. King [[Herod the Great]] proved to be a loyal ally of the Emperor and after him named the cities of Sebaste and [[Caesarea Maritima]]. When Herod died in 4 BCE, his kingdom was divided among three of his sons--[[Herod Archelaus]] (etnarch of Judea), [[Herod Antipas]] (tetrarch of Galilee and Perea), and [[Herod Philip]] (tetrarch).
 
In 6 CE, [[Herod Archelaus]] was deposed and Judea became a Roman province. Augustus appointed the first three governors of the region--[[Coponius]] (6-9 CE), [[Ambivulus|Marcus Ambivulus]] (9-12 CE), and [[Rufus|Annus Rufus]] (12-15 CE).
 
[[Herod Antipas]] and [[Herod Philip]] continued the practice of dedicating their building projects to their patron.
 
==Augustus in ancient sources==
 
====Later Christian tradition====
 
According to a later Christian tradition, Augustus received the annunciation of the birth of Jesus by the Sybyl.
 
==Augustus in ancient sources==
 
==Augustus in Scholarship==
 
==Augustus in Fiction==
 
==Related categories==
*[[Roman Emperors|Roman Emperors (subject)]]
 
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus Wikipedia]
*[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=2139&letter=A&search=Augustus Jewish Encyclopedia (1906)]
 
==Select Bibliography (articles)==
*'''Augustus''' / [[David S. Potter]] / In: [[The Anchor Bible Dictionary (1992 Freedman), dictionary]], 1:524-528




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This category includes (in chronological order) scholarly and fictional works dealing with the character of Augustus.

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