Augustus Caesar

To err is human, to persist is diabolical.

Make haste slowly.

I added Egypt to the empire of the Roman People.

I had no other object than to deliver the commonwealth from the domination of a faction.

I was called Princeps.

I declined to accept any office which was contrary to the customs of our ancestors.

I received the surname Augustus by decree of the Senate.

I ended civil wars, having obtained supreme power by universal consent.

I restored peace to the seas.

I increased the number of patricians.

I built the Temple of Mars Ultor and the Forum of Augustus.

I restored eighty-two temples of the gods in the city by authority of the Senate.

I never permitted myself to be called Dictator.

I spent much on games, shows, and entertainments for the Roman people.

I was invested with tribunician power for thirty-seven years.

I received the pontificate after the death of Lepidus.

I declined the office of censor.

I extended the boundaries of all the provinces of the Roman People.

I received the title of Father of the Country.

I have completed the works which I have enumerated, and I have done so with the greatest care.