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Augustus
American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Venerable, the first peacefully acknowledged emperor of Rome, began to reign B. C. 19. Augustus was the emperor who appointed the enrolment, Luke 2:1 , which obliged Joseph and the Virgin to go to Bethlehem, the place where the Messiah was to be born. He died A. D. 14.
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Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Augustus'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ats/a/augustus.html. 1859.