# What's the first thing you think about Augustus Caesar **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 22, 2013, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-about-augustus-caesar/666861 "2013-08-22T09:06:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-about-augustus-caesar/666861/21 "2013-08-22T12:47:56Z")
The first Roman emperor. ---
**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-about-augustus-caesar/666861/22 "2013-08-22T12:50:22Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > August was named after him. > > That is 100% of everything I know about him. Likewise. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-about-augustus-caesar/666861/23 "2013-08-22T13:01:10Z")
> [@Koxinga](#): > > Any young lady who’s been hired to service him had better f\_\_k him like Helen of Troy with her ass on fire, or Pullo will know the reason why. For me, too, I remember him as the character from the HBO series Rome. He was portrayed there as being very smart, for instance figuring out at the age of ten or twelve the reason his uncle Julius Casear might not mind too much that the eagle standard of the thirteen legion is stolen ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-about-augustus-caesar/666861/24 "2013-08-22T15:27:56Z")
The month of August is named for him. Also, “By the way, don’t eat the figs.” ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-about-augustus-caesar/666861/25 "2013-08-22T15:30:00Z")
That he has a very nice tower at his hotel. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-about-augustus-caesar/666861/26 "2013-08-22T15:31:27Z")
I think of his war with Marc Anthony, workaholic, lived pretty simply, prone to breakdowns during stressful periods. ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-about-augustus-caesar/666861/27 "2013-08-22T15:32:27Z")
> [@Space\_Vegetable](#): > > Something else: Has a month named after him. Then Brian Blessed’s portrayal in I Claudius. Brian Blessed for me too. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-about-augustus-caesar/666861/28 "2013-08-22T15:50:18Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > For me, too, I remember him as the character from the HBO series Rome. He was portrayed there as being very smart, for instance figuring out at the age of ten or twelve the reason his uncle Julius Casear might not mind too much that the eagle standard of the thirteen legion is stolen The funny thing is that I don’t think of him as Caesar Augustus; he was simply Octavian during the show, until the very end, when he’s crowned Emperor. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-about-augustus-caesar/666861/29 "2013-08-22T15:51:10Z")
He took the month of August, [del]and added a day he took from February.[/del] turns out that’s wrong, but it was my first association. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-about-augustus-caesar/666861/30 "2013-08-22T15:51:34Z")
Brian Blessed for me three. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-about-augustus-caesar/666861/31 "2013-08-22T15:53:20Z")
> [@Space\_Vegetable](#): > > Something else: Has a month named after him. This. And like others, I don’t know anything else about him. ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-about-augustus-caesar/666861/32 "2013-08-22T16:35:51Z")
First thing: That Octavian went to war with Marc Antony and Cleopatra. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-about-augustus-caesar/666861/33 "2013-08-22T18:33:31Z")
The first Emperor of Rome ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-about-augustus-caesar/666861/34 "2013-08-22T18:44:32Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > For me, too, I remember him as the character from the HBO series Rome. He was portrayed there as being very smart, for instance figuring out at the age of ten or twelve the reason his uncle Julius Casear might not mind too much that the eagle standard of the thirteen legion is stolen Can you elaborate? what was the reason? ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-about-augustus-caesar/666861/35 "2013-08-22T18:47:43Z")
Brian Blessed _is_ Caesar Augustus. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-about-augustus-caesar/666861/36 "2013-08-22T18:54:38Z")
The first thing I think of is my Dad. His middle name is Augustus. ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-about-augustus-caesar/666861/37 "2013-08-22T19:11:11Z")
It boggle my mind that several people only knew about the month of august. It’s only probably one of history’s most interesting periods, and his and IULIUS’ story might as well have been written by some hollywood script writer. This stuff is pure human drama - action, sex, betrayal. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-about-augustus-caesar/666861/38 "2013-08-22T19:11:42Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > > For me, too, I remember him as the character from the HBO series Rome. He was portrayed there as being very smart, for instance figuring out at the age of ten or twelve the reason his uncle Julius Casear might not mind too much that the eagle standard of the thirteen legion is stolen > > Can you elaborate? what was the reason? From the [Wikipedia plot summary](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stolen_Eagle): > [@](#): > > When [Centurion Lucius] Vorenus explains who they are, Octavian shows himself to be more shrewd and devious than either he or [Titus] Pullo. He explains that their mission is only a gesture, since the theft of the eagle is actually a blessing in disguise to Caesar. Civil war between Caesar and Pompey is inevitable, but Caesar needs Pompey to make the first move so as not to appear the aggressor; Pompey is likely to do just that if he believes that Caesar’s soldiers are on the verge of deserting him. > > As Octavian says that Caesar would prefer the eagle to remain lost, Vorenus and Pullo discover evidence that Pompey ordered its capture. As I said, the character is quite young; only about ten or twelve at this point. So it was a sign of his intelligence and cunning. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-about-augustus-caesar/666861/39 "2013-08-22T19:19:58Z")
> [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](#): > > Brian Blessed for me too. And me. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-about-augustus-caesar/666861/40 "2013-08-22T19:22:07Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > I think of his war with Marc Anthony, workaholic, lived pretty simply, prone to breakdowns during stressful periods. Also a bit of a prude, to judge from some of his policy. Probably Rome’s greatest emperor. (I answered 1st Roman emperor to the poll.) Also, all this talk of Brian Blessed, whom I barely remember from CLAVDIVS, is making me want to watch it again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-about-augustus-caesar/666861.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-first-thing-you-think-about-augustus-caesar/666861.md?page=3)