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​AUGUSTA (Lat. fem. of Augustus, majestic, venerable). An honorary name bestowed upon women of the Roman Emperor's household as their greatest possible distinction. Livia was the first to receive it. It was sometimes even given to the Emperor's concubines. See Constantine; Augustus.

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