As Rome’s first emperor, Octavian (Augustus Caesar) (63 B.C.–A.D. 14) is best known for initiating the Pax Romana, a largely peaceful period of two centuries in which Rome imposed order on a ...

When Julius Caesar’s will was unsealed, it named Augustus (who until 27 BC went by the name Octavian) as his heir, instantly catapulting the 18-year-old to the highest ranks of Roman politics.

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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 ...

Julius Caesar, the play, is one of the great accomplishments of Western culture. It’s not counted among Shakespeare’s histories, but it is reasonably accurate, history-wise.

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...