Augustan
pronunciation
How to pronounce Augustan in British English:
UK [ɔ:ˈgʌstən]
How to pronounce Augustan in American English:
US [ɔˈɡʌstən]
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- Adjective:
- relating to or characteristic of the times of the Roman emperor Augustus
Word Origin
- Augustan (adj.)
- 1640s, from Latin Augustanus, "pertaining to Augustus (Caesar)," whose reign was connected with "the palmy period of Latin literature" [OED]; hence, "period of purity and refinement in any national literature" (1712).
Example
- 1. Rome in the augustan age was considered a large city by those who knew it .
- 2. This period has well been called the " augustan age " of the jewish annals .
- 3. When it was decided that we should sail for italy , they handed over paul and the other prisoners into the care of an officer of the augustan battalion , named julius .
- 4. Unfortunately , in regard to augustan rome we are confronted with an irremediable lack of vital statistics .
- 5. Material studied will include the art , architecture , and coinage of augustan and neronian rome , the works of suetonius and tacitus , and modern representations of the emperors such as those found in I , claudius and quo vadis .