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ARTICLES RELATED TO Augustus - Early life | | | |  Augustus - Early life: Encyclopedia II - Augustus - Early lifeAugustus was born in Rome with the name Gaius Octavius Thurinus. His father, also Gaius Octavius, came from a respectable but undistinguished family of the equestrian order and was governor of Macedonia. More importantly, his mother, Atia Balba Caesonia, was the niece of Rome's greatest general and de facto ruler, Julius Caesar. He spent his early years in his grandfather's house near Veletrae (modern Velletri). In 58 BC, when he was four, his father died. He spent most of his childhood in the house of hi ...
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| | | | Augustus - Early life: Encyclopedia II - Augustus - Early life Augustus was born in Rome with the name Gaius Octavius Thurinus. His father, also Gaius Octavius, came from a respectable but undistinguished family of the equestrian order and was governor of Macedonia. More importantly, his mother, Atia Balba Caesonia, was the niece of Rome's greatest general and de facto ruler, Julius Caesar. He spent his early years in his grandfather's house near Veletrae (modern Velletri). In 58 BC, when he was four, his father died. He spent most of his childhood in the house of hi ...
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| | | | Augustus - Early life: Encyclopedia II - Augustus - Octavian becomes Augustus: the creation of the Principate The Western half of the Empire had sworn allegiance to Octavian prior to Actium in 30 BC, and after Actium and the defeat of Antony and Cleopatra, the Eastern half of the Empire followed suit, placing Octavian in the position of ruler of the entire Empire. Years of civil war had left Rome in a state of near-lawlessness, but Rome was not prepared to accept the control of Octavian as a despot; however, Octavian could not simply give up his authority without risking further civil wars amongst the Roman generals, and even if he desired no positi ...
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| | | | Augustus - Early life: Encyclopedia II - Augustus - Octavian becomes Augustus: the creation of the Principate The Western half of the Empire had sworn allegiance to Octavian prior to Actium in 30 BC, and after Actium and the defeat of Antony and Cleopatra, the Eastern half of the Empire followed suit, placing Octavian in the position of ruler of the entire Empire. Years of civil war had left Rome in a state of near-lawlessness, but Rome was not prepared to accept the control of Octavian as a despot; however, Octavian could not simply give up his authority without risking further civil wars amoungst the Roman generals, and even if he desired no posit ...
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| | | | Augustus - Early life: Encyclopedia II - Augustus - Reign Having gained power by means of great audacity, Augustus ruled with great prudence. In exchange for near absolute power, he gave Rome 40 years of civic peace and increasing prosperity, celebrated in history as the Pax Romana, or Roman Peace. He created Rome's first permanent army and navy and stationed the legions along the Empire's borders, where they could not meddle in politics. A special unit, the Praetorian Guard, garrisoned Rome and protected the Emperor's person. He also reform ...
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| | | | Augustus - Early life: Encyclopedia II - Augustus - Succession Augustus' control of power throughout the Empire was so absolute that it allowed him to name his successor, a custom that had been abandoned and derided in Rome since the foundation of the Republic. At first, indications pointed toward his sister's son Marcellus, who had been married to Augustus' daughter Julia Caesaris. However, Marcellus died of food poisoning in 23 BC. Reports of later historians that this poisoning, and other later deaths, were caused by Augustus' wife L ...
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| | | | Augustus - Early life: Encyclopedia II - Augustus - Augustus's legacy Augustus was deified soon after his death, and both his borrowed surname, Caesar, and his title Augustus became the permanent titles of the rulers of Rome for the next 400 years, and were still in use at Constantinople fourteen centuries after his death. In many languages, caesar became the word for emperor, as in German (Kaiser), in Dutch (keizer), and in Russian (tsar). The cult of the Divine Augustus continued until the state religion of the Empire was changed to Christianity in the 4th century. C ...
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| | | | Augustus - Early life: Encyclopedia II - Augustus - Augustus in popular culture In the HBO television series "Rome", young Octavian is portrayed by Max Pirkis.
Augustus was ranked #18 on Michael H. Hart's list of the most influential figures in history.
Augustus was portrayed in the famous BBC miniseries I, Claudius by Brian Blessed. (1975)
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| | | | Augustus - Early life: Encyclopedia II - Augustus - Succession Augustus' control of power throughout the Empire was so absolute that it allowed him to name his successor, a custom that had been abandoned and derided in Rome since the foundation of the Republic. At first, indications pointed toward his sister's son Marcellus, who had been married to Augustus' daughter Julia Caesaris. However, Marcellus died of food poisoning in 23 BC. Reports of later historians that this poisoning, and other later deaths, were caused by Augustus' wife L ...
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| | | | Augustus - Early life: Encyclopedia II - Augustus - Rise to power When Caesar was assassinated in March 44 BC, Octavius was with the army at Apollonia, in what is now Albania. When Caesar's will was read it revealed that, having no legitimate children, he had adopted his great-nephew as his son and main heir. By virtue of his adoption, Octavius assumed the name Gaius Julius Caesar. Roman tradition dictated that he also append the surname Octavianus to indicate his biological family, from which historians derive the name Octavian; however, no evidence exists that he ever used the name Octav ...
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| | | | Augustus - Early life: Encyclopedia II - Augustus - Augustus in popular culture In the HBO television series "Rome", young Octavian is portrayed by Max Pirkis.
Augustus was ranked #18 on Michael H. Hart's list of the most influential figures in history.
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| | | | Augustus - Early life: Encyclopedia II - Augustus - Rise to power When Caesar was assassinated in March 44 BC, Octavius was with the army at Apollonia, in what is now Albania. When Caesar's will was read it revealed that, having no legitimate children, he had adopted his great-nephew as his son and main heir. By virtue of his adoption, Octavius assumed the name Gaius Julius Caesar. Roman tradition dictated that he also append the surname Octavianus to indicate his biological family, from which historians derive the name Octavian; however, no evidence exists that he ever used the name Octav ...
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| | | | Augustus - Early life: Encyclopedia II - Augustus - Reign Having gained power by means of great audacity, Augustus ruled with great prudence. In exchange for near absolute power, he gave Rome 40 years of civic peace and increasing prosperity, celebrated in history as the Pax Romana, or Roman Peace. He created Rome's first permanent army and navy and stationed the legions along the Empire's borders, where they could not meddle in politics. A special unit, the Praetorian Guard, garrisoned Rome and protected the Emperor's person. He also reform ...
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| | | | Augustus - Early life: Encyclopedia II - Augustus - Augustus's legacy Augustus was deified soon after his death, and both his borrowed surname, Caesar, and his title Augustus became the permanent titles of the rulers of Rome for the next 400 years, and were still in use at Constantinople fourteen centuries after his death. In many languages, caesar became the word for emperor, only in a derived form, like in German: Kaiser and Dutch: keizer. The derived titles (in the english language) Kaiser and Tsar would be used until the early part of the 20th century for the German and Russian emperor ...
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