- The Annals by Tacitus - http://classics.mit.edu/Tacitus/annals.html
Near contemporary historical source for last years of Augustus' reign by Tacitus.
- Augustus - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus
Biography of Augustus from Wikipedia.
- Augustus - http://www.roman-emperors.org/auggie.htm
Comprehensive biography of Augustus' life and reforms during the Principate. Bibliography and footnotes.
- Augustus (27 BC - 14 AD) - http://www.umich.edu/~classics/programs/class/cc/372/sibyl/en/Augustus.html
Succinct biography of Augustus illustrated with Imperial coins from his reign.
- Augustus Caesar and the Pax Romana - http://www.historyguide.org/ancient/lecture12b.html
Study of Augustus' reforms after his victory at Actium in 31 B.C. and their impact on creating the "Pax Romana."
- Augustus First Roman Emperor - http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/95sep/augustus.html
A brief biography of Augustus, grand-nephew of Julius Caesar.
- Augustus: Images of Power - http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/users/morford/augimage.html
Pictures and descriptions of monuments and artwork featuring Augustus Caesar.
- Bible History Online: Augustus - http://www.bible-history.com/augustus/
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.
- Caesar Augustus - http://www.virgil.org/augustus/
An annotated guide to online resources on the life and works of Augustus Caesar.
- Forum Antiquum: Augustan Studies - http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~ekondrat/Augustus.html
Resources for studies of Emperor Augustus Caesar and contemporaries in ancient Rome. Includes a reference source for Augustan resources on the Web.
- The Mausoleum of Augustus - http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/mausaug.html
Description, illustrations of The Mausoleum of Augustus, the funerary complex in which he was buried. Quotations, descriptions from contemporary historians.
- Nicolaus of Damascus: AUGUSTUS - http://www.csun.edu/%7Ehcfll004/nicolaus.html
Translation of Nicolaus of Damascus' ancient, original "Life of Augustus."
- 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.
- Cassius Dio - http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/
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.
- Princeps: The Life of Caesar Augustus - http://augustus.fws1.com
A comprehensive multi-part biography of Gaius Octavius, later known as Augustus, and his world in the first century of the Roman Empire
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