{"slug": "augustus-honorific", "label": "Augustus (honorific)", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_%28honorific%29", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 15, "years": 15, "span": [-26, 659], "span_label": ["27 BCE", "659 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 5}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 5}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "theodosius-i", "label": "Theodosius I", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "zeno-emperor", "label": "Zeno (emperor)", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "roman-senate", "label": "Roman Senate", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "roman-emperor", "label": "Roman Emperor", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "western-roman-empire", "label": "Western Roman Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "constantinople", "label": "Constantinople", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "isauria", "label": "Isauria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "eastern-roman-empire", "label": "Eastern Roman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "constans-ii", "label": "Constans II", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "constantine-iv", "label": "Constantine IV", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "visigoths", "label": "Visigoths", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -26, "year_label": "27 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 16", "text": "January 16 – Octavian formally returns full power to the Senate; they give him the titles of Princeps and Augustus. He accepts this honor, having declined the alternative title of Romulus, thus becoming first Roman emperor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364334819#Roman_Republic/Empire", "title": "27 BC", "revid": 1364334819, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic/Empire"}}, {"year": 177, "year_label": "177 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Commodus is given the title Augustus, and is made co-emperor, with the same status as his father, Marcus Aurelius.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371305288#Roman_Empire", "title": "AD 177", "revid": 1371305288, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 244, "year_label": "244 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Philip the Arab is recognized by the Roman Senate as the new Roman Emperor with the honorific Augustus. He nominates his son Philippus, age 6, with the title of Caesar and makes him heir to the throne; gives his brother Priscus supreme power (rector Orientis) in the Eastern provinces; and begins construction of the city of Shahba (Syria) in the province of his birth.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371227716#Roman_Empire", "title": "244", "revid": 1371227716, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 337, "year_label": "337 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "September 9", "text": "September 9 – Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans succeed their father Constantine I as co-emperors. The Roman Empire is divided between the three Augusti.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342549552#Roman_Empire", "title": "337", "revid": 1342549552, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 379, "year_label": "379 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 19", "text": "January 19 – Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium, giving him the title Augustus with power over all the eastern provinces. Theodosius comes to terms with the Visigoths and settles them in the Balkans as military allies (foederati).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367645183#Roman_Empire", "title": "379", "revid": 1367645183, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 383, "year_label": "383 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Theodosius I cedes Dacia and Macedonia to Valentinian II. They recognize Magnus Maximus as Augustus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349205021#Roman_Empire", "title": "AD 383", "revid": 1349205021, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 384, "year_label": "384 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Magnus Maximus elevates his son Flavius Victor to the rank of Augustus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364741473#Roman_Empire", "title": "384", "revid": 1364741473, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 388, "year_label": "388 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Flavius Victor, Roman co-emperor (Augustus)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1321355496#Deaths", "title": "388", "revid": 1321355496, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 393, "year_label": "393 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 23", "text": "January 23 – Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his son Honorius, age 8, co-ruler (Augustus) of the Western Roman Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364744069#Roman_Empire", "title": "393", "revid": 1364744069, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 425, "year_label": "425 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "October 23", "text": "October 23 – Valentinian III, six-year-old son of Galla Placidia, is installed as emperor (Augustus) of the Western Roman Empire. Real power is in the hands of his mother who becomes a regent.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367645280#Roman_Empire", "title": "425", "revid": 1367645280, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 474, "year_label": "474 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 9", "text": "February 9 – Zeno, father of Leo II, is crowned as co-emperor (Augustus). He rules the empire together with his son, and stabilises the Eastern frontier.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360137662#Roman_Empire", "title": "474", "revid": 1360137662, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 475, "year_label": "475 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 9", "text": "January 9 – Emperor Zeno abdicates under pressure, as his wife's uncle Basiliscus stages a coup d'état at Constantinople, with support from Zeno's trusted adviser and fellow Isaurian Illus. Basiliscus usurps the throne and is proclaimed new emperor (Augustus) of the Eastern Roman Empire. He begins a 20-month reign; Zeno and his supporters flee to Isauria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360137651#Roman_Empire", "title": "475", "revid": 1360137651, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 638, "year_label": "638 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 4", "text": "July 4 – Heraklonas, age 12, son of Heraclius, obtains (through the influence of his mother Martina) the title of Augustus. This brings him in rivalry with his elder half-brother Constantine.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369557443#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "638", "revid": 1369557443, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 654, "year_label": "654 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Constans II appoints his son Constantine IV, age 2, co-emperor (Augustus). He is too young to rule as monarch of the Byzantine Empire, and his title remains a given name.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362652029#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "654", "revid": 1362652029, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 659, "year_label": "659 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Constans II elevates his son Heraclius to the rank of co-emperor (Augustus), alongside his brother Tiberius.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340804363#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "659", "revid": 1340804363, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}]}