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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.

Augustus, who was once named C. Octavius, was the grand-nephew of Julius Caesar. Due to Caesar’s death from the uprising in 44 B.C., it was stated from his will, that Octavian was to be adopted as Caesar’s son. So his name was changed to C. Julius Caesar Octavianus (Porter, 2010). Later throughout his political and military career, he controlled Rome under the title Augustus (Brand, 2013). This begins a story of a young man to an emperor of the Roman world.

The Effectiveness of Octavian in Enlisting Senatorial Support for his New Administration in the Period 30 to 19 BC.

Augustus was born as Gaius Octavius in September 63 BC. His family was an equestrian family, and his dad was a Roman senator. His mother was the sister of Julius Caesar, who was the leader of Rome at the time of Octavius’s birth. When Octavius was four, his dad died, and he had to quickly learn how do certain house duties. He joined the Roman army in 47 BC, and was dispatched to Spain to fight with his uncle, Julius Caesar. On the way, he was shipwrecked, and had no other way to get to Caesar unless he crossed enemy lines. He pulled off the feat, which impressed Caesar very much. This was the primary accomplishment of Octavius that granted him favor in

Octavian, while seeking after numerous procedures like Caesar's, he managed his enemies in a more successful way. Octavian too went into a Trium viral agreement in 43 B.C. with Marc Athony and Lepidus, this time an open understanding ratified by the Senate. Given control, the Triumvirate chose to issue a proscription against their political foes, such as Caesar's conspirators, a procedure utilized beforehand by Sulla. Notwithstanding expelling their political foes, a proscription would give truly necessary financial help to the Triumvirate from confiscated assets. The proscription prompted numerous deaths. Subsequently, Octavian was without big enemies inside the city of Rome. Both Roman custom and political strategy directed that Octavian

During the early years of the Roman Republic, the treatment of slaves and citizens from conquered countries, the delicately balanced government and the role of the Consuls, and the corruption of the Republic helped lay the foundation for Roman Imperialism by allowing the government and people to adjust easily to an emperor. Imperial Rome begins when Octavian, Caesar’s great-nephew, rises to power and takes the name Augustus. He becomes the first emperor to rule the Roman Empire. Previously, Rome was a republic with the majority of the power divided between three divisions of the government. The expectations of slaves in the Republic laid the foundation for the expectations of citizens in Imperial Rome.

Agustus, or octavian was a Ceasar’s adopted son who gained power once Ceasar died. When Ceasar was assasinated by the liberators in 44 BC Marc Antony was not very pleased. He, lepidus and Octavian formed the second triumverate to avenge Ceasar’s death. Octavian was an 18-year old boy at that point, and had not been in rome during the asasination. Once they had succesfully defeated the libertors the second triumverate fell apart. Octavian started a war against Antony. Antony had allied with Cleopatra and they were ready to fight at Actium, but Octavian succesfully defeated them, and the battle ended with Cleopatra and Antony fleeing the scene. This win stopped the war between the triumvers. Octavian then became Agustus, and with this new title came new duties. When he came into office he had to rebulid from all the damage the civil wars had done, and reconstruct the constiitution, that way he would restore the roman republic. Agustus also had the challenges of demobilizing the army and spreading the wealth to all of the provinces. Because there was so much o get done, the senate could not agree on many topics, so

Julius Caesar was one of the most powerful and celebrated men in Roman history, yet made one grave mistake that ended his career and life. By failing to appreciate and respect the Senate, politicians needed for his administration soon became tired of his egotism and assembled against him. “...because he had undermined their dignity as members of the governing class, they united against him and carried out the most famous political murder in all of history” (Citation) Caesar's disrespect for upperclass and senate caused them to become intolerant of him despite his great victories. A loss that resulted in his death. Octavian acknowledged this mistake and was sure to show the senate respect in order to become more powerful and respected.

Augustus was born on the 23rd of September in 63 B.C.E as Gaius Octavius Thurinus 20 miles away from Rome in Velletri, to Atai, Caesar’s niece, and Gaius Octavius. He went by Octavius from his birth in 63 B.C until his adoption in 44 B.C, which then he took up the name of Octavian, and finally in 26 B.C, he went by the name of Augustus, which was conferred onto him by the Roman Senate. The man donned the toga at 16 years of age, and took on responsibilities through the families connections. He went to Hispania (now known as Spain) in 47 B.C to fight

Augustus legal reforms established a Roman government that lasted for 3 centuries. His new system was termed the ‘Principate’ (Augustus et al., 1967). By the end of Caeasr’s life the Roman Republic has not been functioning for many years. Upon Sextus Pompeius defeat in 36 BC Augustus declared that all the records of his past acts should be destroyed (Augustus et al., 1967). He was starting over and so began to form the Principate. He began his reform of the Roman Empire’s administration by moving the senate from being the chief of state to being a subordinate entity of administrators that were at Augustus’s disposal. To prevent uprising from the senate Augustus complimented this move by creating ‘suffect consulships, a supplementary consulship’ (Flower, 2004). This almost doubled the amount of consuls,

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

Rome was founded, according to legend, in 753 BCE. It began as a monarchy, starting with the king, Romulus, a descendant of the earliest Roman, Aeneas. This system can, of course, be seen as a type of aristocracy, since the common people would never have been chosen as a successor for rule. After the revolution of Rome in 509 BCE, Rome became ‘democratic;’ that is that they now had more than just a king and now had voting assemblies made of the male citizens of Rome. These citizens now had legislative duties, could be more than just the people, and could now be a legitimate power in Roman society. However, when Augustus came into power, this ‘democratic’ system was effectively abolished, and Rome became an imperial system in everything but in name . This imperial system lasted until Rome fell in 476 CE .

Octavius and Antony are in Philippi waiting to battle Brutus, Cassius, and their amies. Antony accuses Brutus of hypocrisy in the assassination and he says the conspirators are cowards for killing Caesar. Cassius accuses Antony of using deceit in his meeting with the conspirators after the killing of Caesar, Cassius then tells Brutus that they would not endure Antony’s offensive language now he will die with Caesar. Octavius says that they need to stop talking and begin fighting and yells that he will not sheath his sword until he either has revenge on Caesar or has been killed by traitors. They begin calling each other names and Octavius challenges Brutus and Cassius to fight. Cassius and Brutus worry they will never see each other again and

On the 23rd of September 63BC a baby boy was born. Little did his family know that this amazing child was going to be one of the greatest politicians in Rome, he was also going to touch the lives of many Roman Citizens and to be remembered by thousands of people many years after his death. He was to rule an empire that stretched from Spain to Judea. Turn the Mediterranean Sea into a peaceful Roman Lake and was eventually to be worshipped as a god. The future Emperor of Rome was called Gaius Julius Octavious, whom we all know now as Augustus.

Antony and Octavius begin to plan out their strategy for battle in Phillipi as they are met by Brutus and Cassius, each with his army behind him, to negotiate. As Antony and Octavius start to banter with Brutus and Cassius, he draws his sword and states that he will not put it back until he is dead or Caesar’s death is avenged. As they continue to bicker, Antony and Octavius finally decide to challenge Brutus and Cassius to go onto the battlefield to settle this once and for all. Cassius and Brutus begin to speak to one another and wish each other a good farewell, as they believe that this might be their last encounter. Cassius calls out for Pindarus and they speak. Towards the end, he asks Pindarus to become a free man by killing him Cassius)