List of Augustae

Augusta (Classical Latin: [au̯ˈɡʊsta]; plural Augustae; Greek: αὐγούστα)^[1] was a Roman imperial honorific title given to empresses and women of the imperial families. It was the feminine form of Augustus.

Augustae could issue their own coinage, wear imperial regalia, and rule their own courts.^[1]

In the third century, Julia Domna was the first empress to receive the combined title Pia Felix Augusta after the death of her husband Septimius Severus, which may have implied greater powers being vested in her than was usual for a Roman empress mother. In this official position and honor, she accompanied her son on an extensive military campaign and provincial tour.^[2]