Sabin’s Reviews > Augustus: From Revolutionary to Emperor > Status Update

The presiding consul now became formally Imperator Caesar Augustus divi filius. No Roman had ever had such a name, and it is easy for familiarity to make us forget just how novel it was. Augustus carried heavy religious overtones of the very Roman tradition of seeking divine guidance and approval through augury. Ennius, Rome’s earliest and most revered poet, spoke of the City being founded with ‘august augury’...

"As yet he was only a little more significant than the fake Marius executed earlier in the year – only his wealth and unambiguous link with the dictator made him different – and might be almost as easily eliminated. Antony planned to summon the Senate and have the boy declared a public enemy.¹⁵
Then something happened that changed everything, and suddenly made the young Caesar of immediate importance."

Perfect balance of academic text and documentary prose.