The Reclaim of the Republic

In 42 BC, the Republicans are killed off when Brutus and Cassius are killed. By 27 BCE, Rome is an empire with Octavian in charge - he will change his name to Augustus. So why is Augustus the first emperor of Rome? Why wasn't Julius Caesar ever considered an emperor? Well, he's the perpetual dictator. And for much of that time, he was involved in civil war. He doesn't have very long in that role. Another thing we should remember is that the Romans don't use the word emperor. If we want to talk about the terminology, they use the word imporato, which is where we get emperor from. But it's actually a