Monday, September 23, 2013

23 September 13

Marking the birthday of Augustus Caesar, in 63 BCE. His name at birth was Gaius Octavius Thurinus, but after adoption by his uncle Julius Caesar he became Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus. He took the name Augustus when he became Emperor, in 27 BCE. I think the circlets on this tie resemble the Roman imperial "civic crown."

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