Augustus
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The Reforms of Augustus
http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Tidepool/8194/index11.html
An essay about the government and social reforms instituted by Augustus Caesar after the collapse of the Roman Republic.
Cicero: Select Letters
http://www.usask.ca/antharch/cnea/DeptTransls/CicLetters.html
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].
Historical Background: Clades Variana
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Salon/2385/varus.html
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.
Livia - Wife of Augustus
http://www.roman-emperors.org/livia.htm
Succinct biography of Livia, wife of Augustus and first Empress of Rome. From DIR.
Livia Drusilla, Augusta: 58 BC - 29 AD
http://dominae.fws1.com/Influence/Livia%20Augusta/Index.htm
Biography of the Empress Livia, wife of Caesar Augustus. From Feminae Romanae.
Octavian to Augustus: Images Illustrating His Rise to Power
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~ekondrat/Octavian3.html
Coin images and other objets d'art reflecting Roman history from Julius Caesar through the Triumvirates to Augustus Caesar. Images, scant text.
Cassius Dio
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/home.html
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.
Augustus Caesar and His Role in the Pax Romana
http://www.uca.edu/divisions/academic/history/cahr/augustus.htm
Essay outlining Augustus' contributions to the so-called Pax Romana.