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A 6 page overview of the life and accomplishments of Augustus Caesar. Includes his adoption by Julius Caesar, his military and societal pursuits, and the questions surrounding his death and his passage of his throne to his stepson, Tiberius. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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A.D. (Wigader, 1993). He was the first Roman Emperor and the grandson of Julius Caesars sister, Julia (Wigader, 1993). Julius Caesar for some reason was particularly interested in
Octavius and would, without Octavius knowledge, make him his heir. In 59 B. C., after the death of his father, he was adopted by the Julian gens and became
known as Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (Wigader, 1993). Later, in 27 B. C. he would be given the honorary title Augustus by the senate of Rome.
Augustus would remain faithful to Julius Caesar and to his intent to secure his own political position. He would pledge to avenge Caesars murder even
before he was informed that he was Caesars heir and when he was only nineteen (Wigader, 1993). Upon Caesars death Augustus would come up against Antony who held control
of Rome. Both the Senate and Cicero recognized Augustus as a foe to Antony and he won over popular support by paying the legacy promised by Caesar out of
his own possessions (Wigader, 1993). Antony, on the other hand, fell into disfavor for his refusal to pay the legacy promised by Caesars will or to release Caesars property
(Wigader, 1993). Augustus remained intent on his goal, total control of Rome. The two-thousand year-old words of Tacitus recount:
"But when he had seduced the army by gifts, the common people by the provision of cheap food, and everyone by the blandishments of
peace, then little by little he began to enlarge his powers, to encroach on the proper functions of the Senate, the magistrates, and the laws" (Dudley, 1966, 20).
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