READ MORE: The Complete Roman Empire Timeline: Dates of Battles, Emperors, and Events Augustus’s Significance for Roman History Out of the turmoil that ensued, Octavian the boy would become Augustus the ruler of the Roman world. His father died when he was four and was thereafter raised mostly by his grandmother Julia – who was the sister of Julius Caesar.Īs he reached manhood, he became embroiled in the chaotic political events that were unfolding between his great uncle Julius Caesar and the opponents who faced him. In doing so, he set the Roman Empire onto a course that saw its political ideology and infrastructure transform from (an albeit decaying) republic, to a monarchy (officially named the principate), with the emperor (or “princeps”) at its head.īefore any of these events, he had been born in Rome in September 63 BC, into the equestrian (lower aristocratic) branch of the gens (clan or “house of”) Octavia. Unlike his uncle, however, Augustus managed to cement and secure his position from any present and future rivals. What Made Augustus Caesar Special? Augustus Caesar Octavianįollowing in the latter’s footsteps, Augustus Caesar – who was in fact born Gaius Octavius (and known as “Octavian”) – won sole power over the Roman state after a long and bloody civil war against an opposing claimant (just as Julius Caesar had). The Effect of the Disaster on Roman Policy.The Varian Disaster (A.K.A The Battle of Teutoberg Forest).The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest and the Effects It Had on Augustan Policy.Why Were There So Few Attempts on Augustus’s Life?.The Primus Trial and the Conspiracy Against Augustus.The Empire’s Expansion After Augustus’s Civil War with Antony.Did Augustus Add More Territory to the Roman Empire?.Further Powers Granted in the Second Settlement of 23 BC.Augustus’s “Restoration of the Republic”.Antony’s War with Parthia and Octavian’s War with Sextus Pompey.Antony in the East and Octavian in the West.The Second Triumvirate and Fulvia’s War.The Aftermath of Caesar’s Death and the Extermination of the Assassins.The First Triumvirate and Julius Caesar’s Civil War.What Role Did Julius Caesar Play in Augustus’s Rise?. The Res Gestae and Augustus’s Golden Age.Augustus’s Significance for Roman History.Gaius was buried in the Mausoleum of Augustus. Tacitus suspected that Livia herself was involved in the deaths of Gaius and Lucius. In addition, Agrippa’s third son, Postumus Agrippa, was adopted. The death of both grandchildren, Octavian, forced him to adopt his stepson Tiberius and choose his successor. A year earlier, Gaius’s brother, Lucius, had died. He died in Lycia on his way back to Rome on February 21, 4 CE. Unfortunately, he was seriously injured during the siege of Artagira (September 9, 2 CE). Gaius met the new Parthian king Phraates V on a small island on the Euphrates (spring 2 CE) and then attacked Armenia. The Parthians, however, decided to negotiate. In 1 CE he stood in Syria and took supreme command of the army of the Euphrates in preparation for the expedition to the east. Liwilla was the daughter of Drusus the Elder and Antoni the Younger. That same year, Gaius married Julia Liwilla, being her first husband. Passing through Judea he did not make a religious sacrifice, for which he was commended by Augustus. Gaius spent the first two years after leaving Rome in Greece, Asia Minor and Egypt. Among the officers escorting him were the historian Welley Paterkulus, Marcus Lollius and Sejan, the future praetorian prefect. Then he would visit the eastern provinces and learn to run the affairs of the empire. Already at that time, he was designated a consul (1 year CE). In 5 BCE he was declared an adult, appointed to the senate and recognized as a youth leader ( Princeps Iuventutis). The emperor saw him and his brother Lucius as their heirs. In 17 BCE along with brother Lucius was adopted by Octavian Augustus. Son of Julia – the only daughter of Octavian Augustus and her second husband – Marcus of Agrippa. After being adopted by Emperor Augustus, he became Gaius Julius Caesar Vipsanian ( Gaius Iulius Caesar Vipsanianus) and was called Gaius Caesar ( Gaius Caesar). He was born Gaius Vipsanius Agrippa ( Gaius Vipsanius Agrippa) in 20 BCE, between August 14 and September 13. Rome’s contacts with Africa and Far EastĪuthor: Thomas Ihle | Under Creative Commons Attribution License - Share Alike 3.0.
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