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Is it Augustus Caesar or Caesar Augustus?

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His real name was Gaius Octavius Thurinus but when he was fighting Mark Antony he was called Octavianus. When he won the battle he re-named himself Augustus which means 'majestic one' and he acquired the name Caesar because his great-uncle Julius Caesar adopted him. His name as emperor was Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus.

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