id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-1838 Augustus (title) - Wikipedia .html text/html 2963 470 57 Augustus (plural Augusti; /ɔːˈɡʌstəs/ aw-GUST-əs,[1] Classical Latin: [au̯ˈɡʊstʊs]; "majestic", "great" or "venerable") was an ancient Roman title given as both name and title to Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (often referred to simply as Augustus), Rome's first Emperor. In Rome's Greek-speaking provinces, "Augustus" was translated as Sebastos (Σεβαστός, "venerable"), or Hellenised as Augoustos (Αὔγουστος); these titles continued to be used in the Byzantine Empire until the Fall of Constantinople in 1453, although they gradually lost their imperial exclusivity. The Tetrarchy instituted by Diocletian shared power between two Augusti and two emperors titled Caesares.[9] Nevertheless, as Augustus senior Diocletian retained legislative power.[9] Diocletian and his eventual successor after the civil wars of the Tetrarchy, Constantine the Great both used the title semper Augustus ('ever Augustus'), which indicates a formalisation of the name in the late 3rd and early 4th century.[9] From the reign of Constantine onwards, the Greek: Σεβαστός, translit. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-1838.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-1838.txt