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Augustus Caesar ruled in the Roman Empire from 27 BCE to 14 AD.

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He was born in 63 BCE, and died at the end of his rule in 14 AD.

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Augustus Caesar was technically the ruler of Rome, but he never claimed the title for himself during his lifetime.

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Augustus Caesar ran and autocratic government in the Roman Empire.

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Autocratic means that he was the only ruler, and he made all the important decisions for the empire.

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He was the first emperor of Rome, and founded the Roman Empire in general.

He was the first Emperor of Rome because before the Roman empire was just the Roman republic.  Augustus Caesar made the change so that it was more effective of a system of an empire.

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He created an army for the Roman Empire

Due to the fact that Augustus Caesar created the Roman Empire, he also had to create the roman empire’s first standing army.  This was part of switch from being a republic to becoming an empire.

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He embarked on a campaign to expand Rome to make it safe from the 'barbarians'

With the help of his newly created army, he set to make Rome safer, he did this to make the people of Rome feel safer where they lived.

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He had a “troubled economy” at the end of his rule. This means that even through all of the good things that he had done for ancient Rome, at the end of his rule he had trouble keeping the economy in check.  The economy was falling into disrepair, and the economy system may have been overall collapsing.

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His demise was death.  With some of his last words being “I found Rome a city of clay but left it a city of marble”.

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He didn’t give up the position as ruler until he died, giving the “throne” to his adopted son “Tiberius”