Octavian Augustus. One of the most famous statesmen in the history of Ancient Rome. A man of complex character and difficult fate, he came to power along very winding paths and often retained it with very harsh methods, but he did as much for Rome as he could. one of the emperors after him. Construction. Social reforms. A long, wise reign, after which the descendants inherited a country that was not torn and bleeding by civil war, but the legendary Pax Romana - the Roman Empire of the Golden Age, strong, powerful, prosperous. A conservative in the best sense of the word - and at the same time a man who brought real progress, he said about himself: “I took Rome with clay, but I leave it with marble,” and the meaning of this saying should be understood very, very broadly...