The Provinces also had the presence of an army and a military governor (Morey, par. 11). Throughout and until the end of Augustus’s rule the Roman Empire conquered and expanded their empire from the Rhine and Danube in the north to the Atlantic Ocean on the west, Arabia in the Middle East and the Sahara in North Africa on the South and almost to the Euphrates on the East (Morey, par. 13). The two ethnicities that jeopardized the security of the Roman Empire were the Parthians and the Germans. He recovered the Parthians without war or any battle. In an article named Emperor Augustus, it says, “ in 20 BC he recovered the legionary standards captured by the Parthians at the Battle of Carrhae in 53 BC simply by threatening Parthia with war”(Augustus, par. 19). On the other hand, with the Germans there was the Battle of Teutoburg Forest which destroyed three Roman Legions. Augustus had his successors govern the area and keep it at its original limits with no further expansion of the area (Morey, par. …show more content…
He is considered one of the most important people in Roman history and is still considered one of the best leaders. He was considered to be one of the best rulers because during his tenure he: expanded the territory of the Roman Empire, created a period of prosperity in Rome, and successfully administered Rome, the rest of Italy, and the provinces. After an important and a well known legacy Augustus died in Nola on August 19, 14 A.D. one month before his 76th birthday (Augustus, par.