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Celebrating Roman Emperor Augustus. On August 19, 14 CE, the most influential man in Roman history died. Augustus began his career by fomenting a civil war, forming a military junta, then violently eliminating any competition before fighting the other members of the junta. His triumph in this power struggle ended the competitive politics of ...
Oct 19, 2023 · Caesar Augustus was born Gaius Octavius in 63 B.C.E. His great-uncle was Julius Caesar, who he fought beside in 47 B.C.E. Augustus impressed his great uncle so much during battle that when Julius Caesar was assassinated in 43 B.C.E., he had appointed Augustus as heir to his political and personal fortune in his will.
Augustus is often labelled as “first emperor of Rome” and “founder of the Principate”. Both descriptions hide a much fa complex and fluid political transformation that affected all areas of Roman society during the period when Augustus was princeps. Augustus did not owe his success entirely to his name, but his inheritance of Julius ...
Augustus had ended 100 years of civil war and achieved over 40 years of internal peace and prosperity. His vision and power had expanded the Roman Empire to become far more than a collection of ...
Augusto (em latim: Gaius Iulius Caesar Octavianus Augustus; [nt 1] Roma, 23 de setembro de 63 a.C. – Nuvlana, 19 de agosto de 14) foi o fundador do Império Romano e seu primeiro imperador, governando de 27 a.C. até sua morte em 14 d.C. [nt 2] Nascido Caio Otávio, pertenceu a um rico e antigo ramo equestre da família plebeia dos Otávios.
Jun 27, 2018 · AUGUSTUS (63 bce – 14 ce), Roman emperor. Born Gaius Octavius, he was the grandnephew of Julius Caesar. Adopted by Caesar, and made his chief heir at nineteen, Octavius built upon Caesar's name, charisma, military success, political connections, and fortune. Calculating, opportunistic, an unfailingly shrewd judge of men and circumstances, he ...
Octavianus Augustus. Octavianus Augustus (în latină Imperator Caesar Divi filius Augustus; n. 23 septembrie 63 î.Hr., Roma, Republica Romană – d. 19 august 14 d.Hr., Nola, Campania, Italia ), cunoscut anterior drept Octavius, a fost primul împărat roman. Deși a păstrat înfățișarea Republicii Romane, a condus ca un împărat pentru ...
