AUGUST US

emperor of Rome, and succe or of Julius Cæsar. The battle of Actium, which he fought with Mark Antony, and which made him master of the empire, happened fifteen years before the birth of Christ. This is the emperor who appointed the enrolment mentioned Luke ii, 1, which obliged Joseph and the Virgin Mary to go to Bethlehem, the place where Jesus Christ was born. August us procured the crown of Judea for Herod, from the Roman senate. After the defeat of Mark Antony, Herod adhered to August us, and was always faithful to him; so that August us loaded him with honours and riches.