His father died when Augustus was four. His prospects were bleak: Rome was dangerous, engulfed by civil war between power-hungry factions. One of these was led by his great-uncle, Julius Caesar.

Octavian, Julius Caesar’s great-nephew and adopted son ... In 27 B.C.E., Octavian ascended to the Roman throne as Augustus.

A superb general and politician, Julius Caesar (c ... Without a son of his own, he needed an heir. Caesar quickly adopted his great nephew, Augustus. He also moved fast to strengthen the northern ...

The glory of Augustus is not quite as unalloyed as he wanted us to believe. Augustus was Julius Caesar's great-nephew. The assassination of Caesar in 44 BC left Augustus the heir to his fortune ...

Julius Caesar squared off against his rival Pompey. And, of course, Augustus himself seized power through violence, and snuffed out his rivals along the way. But it's inaccurate to think of the ...

Roman proconsul Julius Caesar conducts a series of military campaigns ... later becoming the Emperor Augustus. Under this brilliant, implacable leader, the new Roman Empire buried the old ...