Augustus Caesar is a difficult man to read, complex. Luckily, the question is specific, asking about charisma. Looking to Suetonius: * Augustus was "well favoured and charming" all his life. read more
The result would be that a studied poise, a crafted personality, could come across as charisma. As all-powerful emperor, I think it’s fair to assume that is how he came across to most. read more
Augustus, also called Augustus Caesar or (until 27 bce) Octavian, original name Gaius Octavius, adopted name Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, (born September 23, 63 bce —died August 19, 14 ce, Nola, near Naples [Italy]), first Roman emperor, following the republic, which had been finally destroyed by the dictatorship of Julius Caesar, his great-uncle and adoptive father. read more