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octavian

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Oc⋅ta⋅vi⋅an

  [ok-tey-vee-uhn]
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–noun
Augustus.

Au⋅gus⋅tus

  [aw-guhs-tuhs, uh-guhs-]
–noun
1. Also called Octavian (before 27 b.c.) (Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus; Augustus Caesar), 63 b.c.–a.d. 14, first Roman emperor 27 b.c.–a.d. 14: reformer, patron of arts and literature; heir and successor to Julius Caesar.
2. a title of office given to rulers of the Roman Republic after Octavianus.
3. a male given name.
Origin:
< L: august, a title given to Octavian when he became emperor

John XII

 
–noun
(Octavian) died a.d. 964, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 955–964.
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Oc·ta·vi·an   (ŏk-tā'vē-ən)   
See Augustus.
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