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__ Augustus Caesar __ Home Circus MaximusSlave Artisan Aqueducts Army Augustus Caesar's original name is Octawian. Then, he was named Augustus by the people of from Rome because Octawian means respecteed one. Also, because he was such an amazing emperer the time of his ruling is now called Pox Romana (Peace of Rome) and he was respected as a god. That is how Augustus recieved his name. Augustus was in power for 41 years. Some of the things he did were encouraged the soldiers to retire by providing them land. Now, they mostly said yes to augustus's offer because Augustus spent his time making sure the land was kept up nice and that the taxes were fair. Everybody enjoyed it when he was in power. Even the senate respected him. Finally, something that motivated him was that he did not want to end up using his power like his great uncle. Augustus wanted to treat people kindly and he wanted to be respected. The ruling of Augustus Caesar is like today for a couple of reasons. Now, the main reason is that in our time the presidant wants to be kind and respected. That is just like Augustus. Also, Both presidant and Augustus have the power to treat the people however they want. That is how Augustus Caeser's ruling is related to our time.