An Augusteum was originally a site of imperial cult in ancient Roman religion, named after the imperial title of Augustus. It was known as a Sebasteion in the Greek East of the Roman Empire. Examples have been excavated in Sebaste/Samaria, Constantinople, Aphrodisias, Antioch, Cartagena and Ankara.

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Not who you're looking for? Others named Augusteum: art museum in Oldenburg founded in 1876 by Peter II, Grand D · building in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

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