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    Caesar Augustus

    63 BCE–14 AD

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    FULL NAME: Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus
    BORN: September 23, BCE
    DEATH: August 19, AD
    BIRTHPLACE: Velletri, Italy

    Who Was Caesar Augustus?

    Caesar Augustus was born Gaius Octavius on September 23, 63 B.C., in Velletri, Italy. Julius Caesar, his great-uncle, took an interest in Augustus. When Julius was murdered, Augustus discovered that he was Julius's heir to the throne. Before Augustus could gain the throne, however, he was forced to battle the armies of both Cleopatra VII and Marc Antony, who had their own plans for power following Julius's death. Augustus was victorious, and during his rule as Egypt's first Roman emperor, the country was peaceful and prosperous. Augustus died on August 19, 14 A.D., in Nola.

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     p  The Life of Augustus

    Suetonius, The Lives of the Caesars

    11 There are many indications that the Octavian family was in days of old a distinguished one at Velitrae; for not only was a street in the most frequented part of town long ago called Octavian, but an altar was shown there besides, consecrated by an Octavius. This man was leader in a war with a neighbouring town, and when news of a sudden onset of the enemy was brought to him just as he chanced to be sacrifi­cing to Mars, he snatched the inwards of the victim from the fire and offered them up half raw; and thus he went forth to battle, and returned victorious. There was, besides, a decree of the people on record, providing that for the future too the inwards should be offered to Mars in the same way, and the rest of the victims be handed over to the Octavii.

    21 The family was admitted to the senate bygd king Tarquinius Priscus among the lesser clans;&#;1 was later enrolled by Servius Tullius among the patric

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    Augustus

    Roman emperor from 27 BC to AD 14

    This article is about the first Roman emperor. For other uses, see Augustus (title), Augustus (disambiguation), and Octavian (disambiguation).

    Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63&#;BC – 19 August AD&#;14), also known as Octavian (Latin: Octavianus), was the founder of the Roman Empire. He reigned as the first Roman emperor from 27&#;BC until his death in AD&#;[a] The reign of Augustus initiated an imperial cult, as well as an era of imperial peace (the Pax Romana or Pax Augusta) in which the Roman world was largely free of armed conflict. The Principate system of government was established during his reign and lasted until the Crisis of the Third Century.

    Octavian was born into an equestrian branch of the plebeiangens Octavia. His maternal great-uncle Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44&#;BC, and Octavian was named in Caesar's will as his adopted son and heir; as a result, he