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Caesar finds us after a month (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

augustus

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'caesar' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'us after a month' is the wordplay.
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a month' becomes 'August' (August is an example).
'us' put after 'august' is 'AUGUSTUS'.

'finds' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for augustus that I've seen before include "statesman of old" , "Roman emperor, of a summer month?" , "Fort --, Scottish town" , "John, say" , "head for Rome" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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