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The major theme Augustus addresses is the ability of circumstances to change the personality and behavior of a person. [3] The conditions that surrounded Augustus's rise to power plagued Ancient Rome with violence and contention, which led to Augustus working hard to implement a time of peace and cooperation in Rome, commonly referred to as the Pax Romana or the Pax Augusta.
The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books, in the combined print and e-books category. The most frequent weekly best seller of the year was It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover with 10 weeks at the top of the list, followed closely by Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros with 9 weeks.
As a consequence of Roman customs, society, and personal preference, Augustus (/ ɔː ˈ ɡ ʌ s t ə s / aw-GUST-əs) was known by many names throughout his life: . Gaius Octavius (/ ɒ k ˈ t eɪ v i ə s / ok-TAY-vee-əs; Latin: [ˈɡaːiʊs ɔkˈtaːwiʊs]).
He restored genuine Lutheranism to Saxony and began to work on a way to bring unity among Lutherans by commencing a process that would lead to the publication, in 1580, of the Lutheran Book of Concord. Augustus personally sponsored the publication of the Book of Concord, a book containing the various Lutheran Confessions of faith, which was ...
Augustine of Hippo (/ ɔː ˈ ɡ ʌ s t ɪ n / aw-GUST-in, US also / ˈ ɔː ɡ ə s t iː n / AW-gə-steen; [22] Latin: Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430), [23] also known as Saint Augustine and in the Eastern Orthodox Church as Blessed Augustine, [24] [25] was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North ...
The fifth book in Conn Iggulden's historical fiction series, Emperor, entitled The Blood of Gods (2013), deals with the rise of Augustus and events after Julius Caesar's assassination. Augustus (as Octavian) is an important character in Robert Harris' 2015 historical novel Dictator , which chronicles the last fifteen years of Cicero's life.
Antoninianus of Maximian. Legend: imp maximianus aug. Aureus of Maximian. Legend: maximianus augustus. Maximian was born around 250 [5] near Sirmium (modern Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia) in the province of Pannonia, into a family of shopkeepers.
Notable books that entered the public domain in the United States include Tarka the Otter by Henry Williamson, To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse, The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder, Show Boat by Oscar Hammerstein II and Jerome Kern, and the original versions of the first three books of The Hardy Boys. [5]