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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Augustus
       n : Roman statesman who  established the Roman Empire and became
           emperor in 27 BC; defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra in
           31 BC at Actium (63 BC - AD 14) [syn: {Gaius Octavianus},
            {Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus}, {Octavian}]



From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Augustus
     the cognomen of the first Roman emperor, C. Julius Caesar
     Octavianus, during whose reign Christ was born (Luke 2:1). His
     decree that "all the world should be taxed" was the divinely
     ordered occasion of Jesus' being born, according to prophecy
     (Micah 5:2), in Bethlehem. This name being simply a title
     meaning "majesty" or "venerable," first given to him by the
     senate (B.C. 27), was borne by succeeding emperors. Before his
     death (A.D. 14) he associated Tiberius with him in the empire
     (Luke 3:1), by whom he was succeeded.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Augustus, increased, augmented
  

















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