Augustus

Imperator Caesar divi filius Augustus.

Augustus.

Atia (Mother)

***Augustus Caesar*** (born as *Gaius Octavius Turinus*) was the son of Atia, the niece of Julius Caesar and the adoptive son of the latter according to his last will.

After Caesar's assassination at the hands of the senate, Octavius (now known as Octavian) gained control of the Macedonian legions and begins a hunt for all those who participated in the murder of his adoptive father.

After a series of events such as creating a Second Triumvirate to kill all the conspirators of Caesar's death and divide power with his collaborators, having to marry and divorce several women, elevate his adoptive father to a divine position, and Fighting a civil war against Mark Antony and Cleopatra, the later of which was a reincarnation of Dido, for control of the eastern part of Roman territory, Octavian gained full control of Rome and was appointed by the Senate as the first emperor of the new Roman Empire.

During his 41 year long reign, he, with assistance of many of his advisors most notably his best friend Agrippa and his step sons Drusus and Tiberius (Though he disliked the later), he expanded the empire more than anyone else (though his attempts to spread civilisation into Germania failed thanks to Arminius' treachery), reformed the military, improved infrastructure and built roads and monuments wherever he went, had many of his heirs secretly murdered by his wife Livia, cracked down on degenracy, ushered in the age of the ***PAX ROMANA**,* an age of unparalleled peace and prosperity, and "transformed Rome from a city of stone to a city of Marble".

## "Trivia"

* Though many ancient authors such as Livy and Tacitus speculate that Livia poisoned him, in reality he most likely died of old age and natural causes.
* Octavian was known to be extremely cold and calculating, even to the point of being outright cruel to his enemies in a few select cases.
* Many of Augustus' policies, although stabilizing the Empire as a whole, ended up causing two major rebellions against his rule, the first of which was the failed Ilyrian Revolution of 6 A.D, and the next would be the infamous Teutoburg Disaster.
* His laws against adultery were very controversial in Roman society and modern historians consider them a show of hypocrisy, because there is evidence that he was a first-rate adulterer.
* Although it is known that he suffered serious illnesses that incapacitated him for long periods of time (sometimes leaving him on the threshold of death), this was not known when he was alive and each time it happened to him, as in the Battle of Philippi, the Legionaries showed a certain dislike for Octavian, considering him a coward for not participating in combat. This is also because in the ancient world the sick and disabled were not well regarded and were generally allowed to die so they would not be a burden.
* After the disastrous battle of the Teutoburg Forest, Augustus left in his will that the Roman authorities should no longer expand to other parts of the world, this was respected once he died and remained respected by the senate and the army until Claudius, Trajan and Septimius Severus made their own conquests.
* When Augustus visits Egypt in unbiased history he laughs at Alexander the Great picture for his empire breaking up so quickly, but in reality he praised him and he was his role model.