Lord Sovereign
The resident Britbong
Both of them are worthy of their reputations, and Caesar effortlessly outdoes his adoptive son in military matters (fortunately for Augustus, he had a legendary bromance going on with Agrippa), but I think Augustus ultimately edges out ahead. After the initial blood letting of the Proscriptions (an act which I think he honestly regretted in his later years) he actually succeeds in bringing peace to Rome, where all the other dictators totally failed. He reconciles the various factions, gets the Senate to work properly again, subjugates Egypt and its E-thot Queen, and builds some of the Eternal City's finest monuments whilst bettering the lives of his subjects. And, as flawed as the Principate system was, it ushered in Pax Romana and Augustus was its creator.
Are as far as statesmanship goes, I'm not sure if there are any greater than Augustus.
Are as far as statesmanship goes, I'm not sure if there are any greater than Augustus.