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augustus colosseum Roads Soliders Roman Life Aquaeducts enduringimpact EnduringImpact Home Augustus was the first emperor. His birth name was Octavian, but he liked to call himself princeps. While he allowed elestions to public office, he rigged those elestions so that only best candidates would fill the office, and so many memebers of the lower classes entered into government. The Age of Augustus is known as the Golden Age of Roman literature. Finally, Augustus began a vast projectof buliding and patronage of the arts. Roman cluture flourished in a boom of creativity that would make the age stand out as the greatest cultural period in the history of Rome. Modern Day: In our time we have improtant people to be in charge of our counrty, just like Augustus was. Although we would not call Augustus a emperor in our time. People would know him as a President. Our Presidents are very important in our country. They help us make right decisions in our life.