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Augustus Imperator Caesar Augustus

emperor · Roman Empire · 63 BC–AD 14

The first emperor of Rome. At seventy-six he set down his own achievements and had them engraved on bronze.

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AD 14

At nineteen, on my own decision and at my own expense, I raised an army.

Annos undeviginti natus exercitum privato consilio et privata impensa comparavi

Res Gestae (The Deeds), the first sentence

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