Gaius Octavian Augustus, the creator of the most powerful state of the Ancient World... He spared no one - and first of all himself - in order to achieve a great goal. But how did he become the “father of the fatherland” - the founder of the great Roman Empire? In search of an answer to this question, Adrian Goldsworthy draws on the most modern finds from researchers of the history of Ancient Rome - both documentary and archaeological evidence.