The author, based on the study of sources and scholarly literature, presents with artistic ambition the depicted fate of one of the most powerful men the world has ever seen. This initially inconspicuous young man, whom many rivals believed they could quickly push out of the political scene, demonstrated not only remarkable tenacity but also wisdom, prudence, and the ability to govern a powerful Roman Empire that flourished and enjoyed a long period of peace and prosperity under his rule. Augustus symbolizes an era in Roman history when a new form of government – the empire – was born from the fading and fractured Roman Republic. The heir to Caesar's power and legacy had to deal not only with the rival Mark Antony and his lover Cleopatra but also with the protracted problems of the empire, personal life, and the traps that awaited him at the very borders of the empire.
