Au·gus·tan / ôˈgəstən/ • adj. connected with or occurring during the reign of the Roman emperor Augustus. ∎  relating to or denoting Latin literature of the reign of Augustus, including the works of Virgil, Horace, Ovid, and Livy. ∎  relating to or denoting 17th- and 18th-century English literature of a style considered refined and classical, including the works of Pope, Addison, and Swift.• n. a writer of the (Latin or English) Augustan age.

Augustan connected with or occurring during the reign of the Roman emperor Augustus; especially, relating to or denoting Latin literature of this period, including the works of Virgil, Horace, Ovid, and Livy.

Augustan in a literary sense also means relating to or denoting 17th- and 18th-century English literature of a style considered refined and classical, including the works of Pope, Addison, and Swift.