person
Augustus
also: Augustum
The first Roman emperor (reigned 27 BC – AD 14), deified after his death by Tiberius. Pliny cites the consecration as cynically motivated.
Reading notes
- The Letters §5.3.5 the deified Augustus
The first Roman emperor.
- The Letters §10.65.3 deified Augustus
The first emperor, Augustus (reigned 27 BC - AD 14), deified at death; an edict attributed to him bore on the foundling question.
- Panegyric to Trajan §11 Augustus
The first emperor (27 BC – AD 14); his consecration as a god set the precedent for imperial deification that Pliny here distinguishes from Trajan's honest piety toward Nerva.