The worship of a living person was considered un-Roman by the ancients. It was an eastern custom, but not a custom of the west. Augustus was merely following Roman tradition, just as Julius Caesar refused to be worshiped in Rome, although he wasworshiped as a god in the east.
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Gauis Octavian Thurinus was the great nephew of Julius Caesar, Julius Caesar adopted him as his heir and he became Gauis Octavian Caesar and when he became emperor he adopted the name Augustus Caesar, he was the first Roman Emperor. Julius Caesar only had the title 'dictator for life'
Caesar Augustus
Augustus was a title which can be translated the Exalted One, but is usually translated as the Venerable One. This title was given to Octavian who became the first Roman emperor. Historians use the name Augustus to indicate the period when Octavian was the emperor.
Octavian/Augustus became Rome's first emperor.
Tiberius Caesar Augustus is said to be the Roman emperor who killed someone with a fish. Tiberius was the second Roman emperor.