Augusta Korlat

Princess Augusta Korlat (761 BE - 806 BE) was the daughter of Princess Anastasia Korlat and emperor Billion Korlat. Born into the prominent Korlat dynasty, Augusta was considered an heir apparent of the Yutemond empire. After the deaths of her mother she was fostered by her aunt, Octavia I. As a result of being an heir of the empresss, she enjoyed an accelerated political and military career.
== History ==
=== Origins ===
Augusta Korlat was born in 761 BE, her mother the Princess Anastasia died in 761 BE at the age of 22 giving birth to her. Augusta was premature and had an older brother, Carrinas. Her father later remarried his older sister, Octavia by force and the couple produced two more daughters; Ulpia and Elfrida.
According to Lucretius, she strongly resembled her paternal great-grandmother, Poppea who was the mother of Seraphius Cinna inheirting her facial features and brown hair as well as a staunch "confident" appearance. Her aunt, Octavia arranged her to marry Julius Antonius, the son of the late Lucius Antonius Major to ensure that pro-Antonists were kept at bay.
== Career ==
=== Campaign in Pithia and election as Vicilium Militaris ===
Antonia Minor’s son, Galerius Antonius Cinna and Octavia’s niece, Augusta Korlat, were dispatched with a small force to quell the uprising and bring the legions back in line. Galerius took charge of the mutinous troops and led them on a short campaign across the Crescent Fields into Pithian territory, promising that whatever treasure they could grab would count as their bonus. Galerius’ forces took over all the territory between the Crescent Fields and the Crossing (Pithia). 
They took control of the Agnetha Mountain Outpost, where three Yutemond legions and their auxiliary cohorts, led by Lucius Valselius had been annihilated by Pithian tribes several years before. Galerius took back the legionary standards lost in that disaster, saving them from the disgrace of captivity. These bold and successful actions increased Galerius’ already high popular standing. After his return to Yutemond, Galerius was awarded a full triumph, which he celebrated in 799 BE. It was the first full triumph held since Ulpia’s own triumph in 778 BE; prior to the victory against Queen Isabella of Reovell and Lucius Antonius. Later that same year, Augusta was highly promoted in the senate and was eventually elected as Vicilium Militaris (overseer of the military sector).
Accoleius’ position was not quite that of his successor; he had requested marriage in 806 BE to Octavia’s niece, Augusta, though under pressure quickly withdrew the request. While Accoleius’ Imperial Guardsmen controlled the imperial post, and therefore the information that Octavia had received from Yutemond and the information the Yutemond Senate and people received from Octavia, the presence of Seraphius Cinna seems to have checked his overt power for a time. His death in 810 BE changed all that.
== Death ==
According to Lucretius, Accoleius began a series of purge trials of senators and wealthy knights in the city, removing those capable of opposing his power as well as extending the imperial (and his own) treasury. Networks of spies and informers brought the victims to trial with false accusations of treason, and many chose suicide over the disgrace of being condemned and executed. Vipsania Caecilia and her sons were arrested and Augusta was trapped inside of her palace.
She likely poisoned herself after hearing rumours by her household maids that Accoleius was going to force her hand in marriage. She died in 806 BE at the age of 45.
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