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Augustus and Family
Augustus
Born: 23 September 63 BC
Died: 19 August 14 AD
Reign: 27 BC – 14 AD
Augustus was the emperor at the time of Jesus Birth. His decree to take a census meant that Joseph and Mary had to travel to their ancestral hometown of Bethlehem for the census. It was during their visit to Bethlehem that Jesus was born.
Luke 2:1-3
In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to their own town to register.
Augustus’ reign bought a degree of peace and stability to the empire known as the ‘Roman peace’ or ‘Pax Romana’. Travel became safer and the empire flourished as many roads, bridges and aqueducts were constructed and many other public works were carried out.
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Augustus
Bust Made : Unknown
Place: Unknown
Photographed at a street gallery in Rome, Italy
Augustus
Statue Made : 1930s
Place: Modern
This is a modern bronze casting of the Prima Porta statue of Augustus erected on the Via dei Fori Imperiali in Rome.
Photographed on the Via dei Fori Imperiali, Rome, Italy
Augustus
Statue Made : 27 BC – 14 AD
Place: Julian Basilica, Corinth
Photographed at Corinth Museum, Ancient Corinth, Greece
Augustus
Bust Made : 27 BC – 14 AD
Place: Pergamum, Asia Minor (Turkey)
Photographed at Istanbul Archaeological Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
Augustus as Pontifex Maximus
Statue Made : 1 decade BC
Place: Unknown
The statue was constructed from separate parts made from a variety of marbles.
Photographed at the National Museum of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Augustus
Bust Made : ca 50 AD
Place: Unknown
Posthumus bust
Photographed at the Getty Villa, Los Angeles, USA
Augustus
Bust Made : 27 BC – 14 AD
Place: Unknown
Part of a series of busts known as the Prima Porta busts.
Photographed at the Louvre, Paris, France.
Relief Head of Augustus
Relief Made : 30 - 50 AD
Place: Rome, Italy
Photographed at the Altes Museum, Berlin, Germany
Livia
Born: 30 January 58 BC
Died: 28 September 29 AD
Empress: 27 BC–14 AD
Livia was the 3rd wife of the Emperor Augustus. She was also the mother of the next emperor, Tiberius. He was a son from an earlier marriage and was adopted by Augustus as his heir.
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Livia
Bust Made : ca. 20 BC
Place: Crete
Made from Parian marble.
Photographed at the Athens Museum, Athens, Greece
Livia
Bust Made : 31 BC – 14 AD
Place: From the collection of S Giovanni
Photographed at the National Museum of Rome, Rome, Italy
Livia
Bust Made : 25 – 1 BC
Place: Italy
3rd wife of the Emperor Augustus. Mother of Tiberius.
Photographed at the British Museum, London, England
Octavia the Younger
Born: 69 BC
Died: 11 BC
Octavia was the sister of the Emperor Augustus. She was also the great grandmother of Caligula and Agrippina the younger, and grandmother of Claudius.
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Octavia the Younger
Bust Made : 31 BC – 14 AD
Place: Velletri
Photographed at the National Museum of Rome, Rome, Italy
Lucius and Gaius Caesar
Lucius
Born: 17 BC
Died: 20 August 2 AD
Gaius
Born: 20 BC
Died: 21 February 4 AD
Lucius and Gaius Caesar were the grandsons of the emperor Augustus by his daughter Julia and his friend Marcus Agrippa. Both Lucius and Gaius were later adopted by Augustus, but both died while young men.
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Gaius or Lucius Caesar
Bust Made : 20 BC – 4 AD
Place: National Garden, Athens
Grandson of the Emperor Augustus. Bust made from Thasian marble.
Photographed at the National Archaeological Museum, Athens,, Greece
Lucius Caesar
Statue Made : 17 BC – 2 AD
Place: Julian Basilica, Corinth
Grandson of the Emperor Augustus.
Photographed at Corinth Museum, Ancient Corinth, Greece
Gaius Caesar
Statue Made : 20 BC – 4 AD
Place: Julian Basilica, Corinth
Grandson of the Emperor Augustus.
Photographed at Corinth Museum, Ancient Corinth, Greece