LYCOS RETRIEVER 
Caesar Augustus: Julius Caesar
built 613 days ago
Caesar Augustus is one of the most fascinating figures in history. Plucked as teenager from provincial obscurity by his great-uncle Julius Caesar, who adopted him posthumously in his will, Augustus transformed the chaotic Republic into an orderly imperial autocracy. His consolidation of the Roman empire arguably laid the foundations of Europe.Although a sickly young man, with a tendency to fall seriously ill at moments of crisis, Augustus taught himself to be brave and was intelligent, painstaking and patient. He worked extraordinarily hard, and, within a generation, had rebuilt Rome, transforming it into a splendid metropolis and centre for civil government and the arts. In this dynamic and engaging biography, Anthony Everitt uncovers the deeply human character of this extraordinary man. It is ... an exhilarating portrait of Roman social customs and politics.
Source:
Caesar Augustus turned out to be the true heir of his divine father: many of Julius Caesar's plans were now implemented. The most important of these was the granting of citizenship to people who did not live in Italy. In the first century BCE the Roman republic changed into a Mediterranean empire, and Julius Caesar speeded up this process; Caesar Augustus was the executor of this will.
Source:
As a young man, Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (later Caesar Augustus) was desperate to follow Julius Caesar to war. An illness prevented him from leaving Rome with Caesar, but he later followed the legions on his own, safety crossed enemy territory and the battle-lines and joined Julius at the warfront. Julius Caesar was so impressed that he mentored the young man and eventually made him his heir. Augustus became leader of the Romans and by adroit political maneuvering managed to gain loyalty by relinquishing authority (only to later re-acquire it in a different form) and eventually died of old age in his own bed (both were a rarity among Romans).
Source:
Caesar Augustus was born Gaius Octavius, son of an up-and-coming family that lived just outside Rome. His father was the first in his family to be elected to the Roman Senate. And his mother was the niece of Roman strongman Julius Caesar, who was Octavius's patron from the start.
Source:
Octavius Augustus Caesar was the adopted son of the great dictator of the Roman Republic, Gaius Julius Caesar. Octavian came into power in the second triumvirate (3 men ruling as one body over the Roman Republic), along with Marcus Antonius (Mark Antony) and Lepidus. Augustus and Antonius were loyal to Julius Caesar, the assassinated dictator, killed in 44 BC. Following his death a civil war broke out across Rome, between those loyal to Caesar, and those loyal to Caesar's rival Pompey. There was short break in the war during the rule of the triumvirate, but Lepidus' death, and Mark Antony's staying in Egypt with Cleopatra, only resulted in further bloodshed.
Source:
The friends of Julius Caesar, Augustus’ adoptive father, slew Julius “because he aspired to be too great too quickly” [38], with little consideration for Republican sensitivities. “Augustus died peacefully, in his seventy-seventh year, after wielding for half a lifetime power greater than even Julius can have contemplated” [39]. “Augustus always took his time over decisions if it was possible, and carefully went over his facts again and again. [He] made self-control and patience his unfailing principles” [40]. “Once he had decided that a given task was in his power, he pursued it with steadfast determination. He refused to be discouraged by his mistakes, but tried one key after another until he had fitted the lock” [40i].
Source:
MORE ABOUT
Julius Caesar