Caesar Augustus Dbq

Octavian Augustus is known as the first, and one of the greatest, Roman Emperors ever. Octavian enabled the long, peaceful time of the Pax Romana by changing Rome from a fragile, crumbling republican government to a mighty empire. Octavian’s government was strong enough to withstand weak emperors who mismanaged the Empire as well. His changes proved to be the cornerstone of the greatest empire the world has ever seen.

Gaius Octavius Thurinus is a adopted son of Julius Caesar, He is the first true emperor of the Roman Empire, he was believed to be one of the most important emperor of Roma. In 43 EBC, Octavian gathered his army to kill the senate who planned the assassinate targeting Julius Caesar, his adoptive father. Then, he defeat Mark Antony and Cleopatra who was his allies but later betrayed him. Thus , he ended the war continued for decades and brought the great peace to Rome, In 29 EBC Octavian declared the pax romana, also know as the Roman peace. In 27 BCE, he was bestowed the title of Augustus by the Roman senate which was actually reestablished by Augustus himself. In order to remind the Romans the emperor’s power, Augustus ordered sculptor to sculpt the idealized form of him and send those sculptures to every provinces (Module 5 Session 6). The Augustus of Prima Porta is a great example of them.

Octavian Augustus is one of the fiercest leaders in the history of the Roman Empire because of his successful military expansion, his Control of Finance, and his political leadership.

August had many great features, with a great education he achieved the highest thing a Roman could achieve. A. Octavian was the first and best Emperor of Rome. 1. “He was the first and arguably the best Roman Emperor” (Nardo 1). 2.

Octavian Augustus (63 B.C.E-14 AD) is known as the first, and one of the greatest, Roman Emperors ever. Octavian enabled the long, peaceful time of the Pax Romana by changing Rome from a fragile, crumbling republican government to a mighty empire. Octavian¹s government was strong enough to withstand weak emperors who mismanaged the Empire. His changes proved to be the cornerstone of the greatest empire the world has ever seen.

Julius Caesar was a ruler of Ancient Rome during the time 46-44 B.C. He expanded the Roman Empire through a series of battles across Europe before declaring himself a dictator for life. He is often remembered for being one of the greatest military minds in history and should be credited with laying the foundation for the Roman Empire (History.com, 2009). He was born into a highly recognized congressional family and was the nephew of another prominent Roman general, Marius (History.com, 2009). Caesar's rule, however, proved to be instrumental in reforming Ancient Rome for his fellow countrymen by relieving debt and increasing the size of the Senate and opening it up to

The Roman empire consisted of many great rulers, some were exceptional, but others were insane. The first sole ruler was a man named Octavian, who was later on named Augustus. After a century of war he restored Rome to all of its glory and managed to sustain peace throughout the land, however, he had to create a new system for the government to run on. In the first years he did not declare himself a dictator, in order to avoid past conflicts, he instead concealed his power. Augustus did not only fix the government, but he also made many military achievements too, such as creating permanent bodyguards and city police.

and then he was granted the name Augustus. They say that Octavian his name changed to Augustus because he was born in August, like his uncle Julius Caesar changed his name because he was born in July. In a four year span Octavian secured his rule by using Cleopatra’s seized treasure to pay his soldiers to keep them happy and content, but mostly importantly having their loyalty. Also he passed laws bring back the traditions of the Roman Republic to mollify the Rome’s Senators and ruling classes. Octavian worked to improve and beautify the city of Rome to make the people happy and content.

He had a new idea in his mind about how to rule the people, and he was determined to get his way no matter what it took. He used the fact that he was liked and had that power to get what he wanted from the Senate. As mentioned in the textbook, “Octavian put forward his new plan for governing the empire in dramatic style. He came before the Senate to give up all his powers and provinces. In what was surely a rehearsed response, the Senate begged him to reconsider, and at last, he agreed” (CITATION). Octavian manipulated the Senate to get what he wanted. Even though he only took back the power of a few provinces, but he had the authority he wanted. Since he agreed to take back those territories the Senate gave him high praise and was willing to work with him. They even gave him the title of Augustus, which held value. This them made Octavian the first emperor, and he got what he wanted. The power of being king corrupted Octavian and made the Republic

Octavian (Augustus) had become a Roman empire he to make Rome a well-going city-state. His mindset goal was to bring Rome to a superior city-state, within doing a life changing for the war, people and city. One of his goals was too “demonstrated his political genius by reconciling his military monarchy with republican institutions” (Western Civilization TextBook Pg 140) the Roman Republic had a majority of problems and difficulties of living when Julius was the ruler of the Roman empire. Julius Caesar made Rome go through war and had a misconducted and none guidance of leadership within the military group. Rome had lost half of their military by them getting killed by other countries and losing their lives fighting for their country. Octavian wanted his military to be a more civil-military with no wars nor loss of power. He didn't want to create any type of civil war. All Octavian wanted was to have peace with other countries and to help one another. Octivaina also changed the rules of violence

This was to help restore the Roman Republic. In a new order that Octavian put together, the Roman’s increased how long a person would be in the military, therefore, many men were in the military. Octavian also added more territory to the Roman Empire, which was more than any other emperor has done. Octavian also created new classes, which was to help prevent other riots from the previous classes, which assassinated many and caused major conflicts. The classes were senatorial, equestrian, and lower class; this goes in rank order highest to lowest. He believed that morals had been corrupt, therefore, Octavian created new laws to help that. He made adultery a criminal offense and also revised the tax laws to punish those who were a bachelor, widower, or married people with less than three children. (p.

Octavian enabled the long, nonviolent time of the Pax Romana, (Latin for Roman peace) by changing Rome from a frail, collapsing republican government to a powerful empire. He is known as the first, and one of the greatest, Roman Emperors ever. Octavian was born on September 23, 63 BC, and died in 14 AD. Born with the name Gaius Octavius Thurinus, he was adopted posthumously by his great-uncle Gaius Julius Caesar via his will, and then was named Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus. This happened in 44 BC when his great uncle, Julius Caesar, was assassinated by a group of conspirators. Additionally, he received the name “Augustus” a term meaning “the revered one” from the Roman Senate in 27 BC. Because of the various names he had, it is

     As a young adolescent, Octavian demonstrated his leadership ability long before having thoughts of becoming the first emperor of Rome. His strengths, features, and accomplishments as a military leader show only a part of his great political skills he possessed.

Regardless of the time period the significance of Octavian's actions are clear. He gave up his powers and returned absolute authority in the provinces as well as his control of the legions that were sanctioned there. (Antiquity 2 Interpreting The Past) This was significant as these legions had been the basis of his power. As Eck highlights in his The Age of Augustus Octavian theoretically gave up his authority, but in reality the Senate and people of Rome had little power as they lacked the ability to initiate

Augustus' familial ties with Caesar are perhaps most important in his ascension to power. While just a boy he had no public image or standing therefore he had no power according to Roman culture. He was not recognized as anyone of importance in the eyes of the senate or citizenry of The Republic. However when taken under the wing of Caesar, one of the most powerful and loved men in all of Rome, he marches with him in the victory parades of Caesar's military conquest of Africa, Rome's newest conquest which included Egypt and it's infamous Queen Cleopatra. He also accompanied Caesar into battle in his final conquest of Spain. These events placed Octavius into the spotlight of public life where according to the Roman ideologies of courage, bravery, strength, loyalty, military conquest, glory and honor he won their praise and acceptance. He was also a noted scholar, tactician and aristocrat; a gifted orator, he embodied everything it meant to be a citizen of Rome, honorable, courageous, brilliant and cunning.