2000 years ago - on August 9, 14 AD - Augustus, the first Roman emperor, died. The heir of Caesar transformed the Roman Empire into a world empire. The early years of his reign are marked by brutality, but he later developed a peace order under which art, architecture, literature, law, and economy flourished. Marcus Junkelmann has posed and answered the 101 most important questions about Augustus. Who fought for power after Caesar's death? What distinguished Octavian as a military leader? Why are there so many portraits of Augustus compared to any other emperor? How does one manage an empire? How does an emperor uphold customs and morals? What is the role of a Pontifex Maximus? How did Ovid come to be exiled by Augustus? Why did Augustus go to great lengths to transplant obelisks from Egypt to Rome? How could three well-trained Roman legions be destroyed by Germanic barbarians in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest? How did an actor become a god?.