Augusta

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Augusta was an honorific title used for empresses and other high-ranking women in the Roman and Byzantine Empires, signifying imperial dignity and status.

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Label Occurrences
Augusta canonical 69

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf honorific title
imperial title
appliedTo empresses
high-ranking women
associatedWithInstitution Byzantine imperial family
Roman imperial family
conferredBy Byzantine emperor
Roman emperor
connotation authority
majesty
veneration
culturalContext Byzantine culture
Roman culture
etymologicallyRelatedTo Augustus
genderAssociation female
historicalPeriod Byzantine imperial period
Roman imperial period
languageOfOrigin Latin
rankRelativeToOtherTitles among highest female imperial titles
regionOfUse Mediterranean
surface form: Mediterranean world
scriptUsed Latin alphabet
semanticField nobility
sacral kingship
sovereignty
signified imperial dignity
imperial status
sphere imperial court
titleType court title
dynastic title
usedFor female relatives of emperors
legitimate wives of emperors
mothers of emperors
usedIn Byzantine Empire
Roman Empire

Referenced by (69)

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Helena Dragaš title Augusta
Constantina nobleRank Augusta
Fausta positionHeld Augusta
Livia Drusilla alsoKnownAs Augusta
Livia Drusilla title Augusta
Caterina Gattilusio title Augusta
Empress Pulcheria title Augusta
subject surface form: Pulcheria
Faustina the Younger title Augusta
Lollia Paulina title Augusta
Antonia Minor receivedTitle Augusta
Valentinian III motherTitle Augusta
Valentinian III spouseTitle Augusta
Pompeia Plotina title Augusta
Sebaste latinEquivalentName Augusta
Claudia Octavia positionHeld Augusta
Claudia Octavia nobleTitle Augusta
Poppaea Sabina positionHeld Augusta
Prisca positionHeld Augusta
Prisca title Augusta
Vibia Sabina positionHeld Augusta
Vibia Sabina title Augusta
Vibia Sabina honorificTitle Augusta
Valeria title Augusta
Lucilla positionHeld Augusta
Lucilla title Augusta
Theodora title Augusta
Auguste hasFeminineForm Augusta
Verina title Augusta
Maria of Trebizond title Augusta
Galeria Valeria positionHeld Augusta
Aelia Flaccilla title Augusta
Theodosian dynasty hasTitle Augusta
Julia Maesa usedTitle Augusta
Julia Soaemias positionHeld Augusta
Julia Soaemias title Augusta
Julia Domna title Augusta
Septimia Zenobia title Augusta
Julia Mamaea positionHeld Augusta
Julia Mamaea title Augusta
Aelia Eudocia title Augusta
Aelia Verina positionHeld Augusta