![]() ![]() For example, Augustus' official name was Imperator Caesar Divi Filius Augustus. The modern word 'emperor' derives from the title imperator, which was granted by an army to a successful general during the initial phase of the empire, the title was generally used only by the princeps. The style of government instituted by Augustus is called the Principate and continued until the late third or early fourth century. The title of Augustus was conferred on his successors to the imperial position, and the position gradually grew more monarchical and authoritarian. Augustus maintained a facade of Republican rule, rejecting monarchical titles but calling himself princeps senatus (first man of the Senate) and princeps civitatis (first citizen of the state). The Roman emperors were the rulers of the Roman Empire after the granting of the title augustus to Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus by the Roman Senate in 27 BC, after major roles played by the populist dictator and military leader Gaius Julius Caesar. ![]() ![]() A statue of Augustus ( r.27 BC – AD 14), the first Roman emperor ![]()
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