What name was given to Octavian by the Romans senate and what did it mean?

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Octavian held only two titles, that of "princeps" meaning "first citizen" and that of Augustus, which was given to him by the senate. Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus was his adoptive namenot a title. Sometimes they are confused.

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