Augustus Quotes
Young men, hear an old man to whom old men hearkened when he was young.
Plutarch. Moralia. Translated by Frank Cole Babbitt, vol. 3, Harvard University Press, 1931, p. 201.
This is the old, traditional proverb that expresses a truth of all oral cultures. See {616490} for a newer proverb on knowledge.
Where societies have elderly people in households, it tells us much about the values of the society and the culture. In some societies, people do not live to be elderly, and in others, those that do are not very much respected.
Caesar Augustus was the first Roman emperor, reigning from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. His status as the founder of the Roman Principate (the first phase of the Roman Empire) has consolidated an enduring legacy as one of the most effective and controversial leaders in human history. The reign of Augustus initiated an era of relative peace known as the Pax Romana. The Roman world was largely free from large-scale conflict for more than two centuries, despite continuous wars of imperial expansion on the Empire's frontiers and the year-long civil war known as the "Year of the Four Emperors" over the imperial succession.
