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In 44 BC, Augustus was adopted posthumously by his great uncle, julius Caesar. During his life, Augustus had a feud with mark Antony, who got all the respect. He ruled with this power for his whole life, yet there were hardly any wars.
In 44 BC, Augustus was adopted posthumously by his great uncle, julius Caesar. During his life, Augustus had a feud with mark Antony, who got all the respect. He ruled with this power for his whole life, yet there were hardly any wars.
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In 44 BC, Augustus was adopted posthumously by his great uncle, julius Caesar. During his life, Augustus had a feud with mark Antony, who got all the respect. He ruled with this power for his whole life, yet there were hardly any wars.
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Gaius Octavianus Thurinus was a normal Roman young man unbeknownst to
all until suddenly, in 44 BC, he was adopted posthumorously by his great uncle Julius Caesar; thus his name was legally changed to Gaius Julius Caesar (also because he didn’t like his old name). Although we at the Roman Daily Herald have a lot of respect for the man, he perhaps changed his name a bit too much for our liking-it’s like he was never happy with what he had. Throughout Augustus’ life, he had a feud with Mark Antony. This all started when Cicero, seeking to use the inexperienced boy to neutralise Mark Antony, persuaded the senate that Mark Antony was trying to become dictator. Augustus and the two consuls won, but when the consuls tried to cast him aside he marched on Rome and demanded the consulship. He was a very smart guy, and this shows it. But it was Antony who avenged Caesar’s death and so got all the respect, forcing Augustus to do all the dirty work after the campaign against Brutus and Cassius- finding land for the 100 000 or so veterans to live. Augustus was pretty angry by now, as we all knew, but in 39 BC the marriage of Antony to Octavia, Augustus’ sister, seemed to settle their differences. Until 31 BC in which Antony was killed by Octavian’s fleet (which featured Agrippa as their commander). Four years later, Augustus basically ruling Rome and its empire, was given the name Augustus (the revered one). Augustus’ power forced this to happen, as he ruled by military force against the senate essentially; he was consul until 23 BC but even after that the senate could not do anything against him for fear of being eliminated. Augustus ruled with this power for his whole life, yet there were hardly any wars during his reign. The Roman Empire for once was in peace for longer than a couple of years. In fact the only wars that occurred were a one year long civil war and various extremely small scale battles on the frontiers of the empire. And also his expansions. Augustus was a legend. He both expanded the empire dramatically over his rule and yet still managed to make reforms to the Roman legal system and other various facets of Roman life. He annexed Egypt, Dalmatia, Pannonia and Raetia and completed the conquest of Hispania while simultaneously reforming the Roman system of taxation, developing networks of roads with an official courier system, establishing a standing army, establishing the Praetorian Guard, and creating official police and fire- fighting services for Rome. He was a pretty busy guy over his life. It was because of this that yesterday the senate dubbed him a God, and, as it turns out, we now have a month called Augustus. Who would have thought that when he was only a young child, unbeknownst to all??