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| Weight | 7,30g | | Ring inner diameter | 18mm | | Stone | 18/16mm | The statue known as the Augustus of Prima Porta, 1st century
A statue of Augustus as a younger Octavian, dated ca. 30 BC
Aureus of Octavian, circa 30 BC, British Museum
The statue's marble head was made c. 30–20 BC, the body sculpted in the 2nd century AD (Louvre, Paris)
Augustus was granted the right to hang the corona civica , the "civic crown" made from oak, above his door and have laurels drape his doorposts
[206] With Rome's civil wars at an end, Augustus was also able to create a standing army for the Roman Empire, fixed at a size of 28 legions of about 170,000 soldiers
the last emperor they served was Maxentius, as it was Constantine I who disbanded them in the early 4th century and destroyed their barracks, the Castra Praetoria
Fragment of a bronze equestrian statue of Augustus, 1st century AD
[221] The 3rd-century historian Cassius Dio acknowledged Augustus as a benign, moderate ruler, yet like most other historians after the death of Augustus, Dio viewed Augustus as an autocrat
The Temple of Augustus and Livia in Vienne, late 1st century BC
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