Adopted by Caesar, Augustus (c.62 BC – 14 AD / Reigned 31 BC – 14 AD) had to fight for his throne. His long rule saw a huge expansion in the Roman Empire and the beginnings of a dynasty that ...

Julius Caesar had become Rome’s first dictator after 49 B.C., when the republic was faltering, after leading soldiers who’d become loyal to Caesar while abroad, returned to Italy by crossing ...

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In detailing his deeds, the first Roman emperor, Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus, born Gaius Octavius, sought to justify his past and to ensure the future of his dynasty. ...

Born Gaius Julius Caesar in 100 BC, Caesar is born to a lineage of Roman aristocrats. ... As emperor, Octavian takes on the title of Caesar Augustus, in honor of his adopted father, ...

Caesar Augustus, who was born in 63 BC and was originally known as Octavian, rose to prominence as the first emperor of the Roman Empire following the death of Julius Caesar, his great-uncle.While ...

Mark Zuckerberg wants to be just like Augustus Caesar. Zuckerberg told The New Yorker in a 2018 profile that he started studying Latin in high school at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire.

Julius Caesar had become Rome’s first dictator after 49 B.C., when the republic was faltering, after leading soldierswho’d become loyal to Caesar while abroad, returned to Italy by crossing ...