Julius Caesar Research Paper

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Augustus: First Emperor of Rome
“I found Rome built of bricks; I leave her clothed in marble.” - Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (cliojournal.wikispaces.com)
Augustus, born Gaius Octavius, also known Augustus Caesar or Octavian, or by his adopted name Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, is one the Rome’s most iconic emperors. Born on September 23 in the year 63 B.C., and the great-nephew of Julius Caesar, Augustus ascended to the throne after Caesar’s assassination, he was only nineteen years old.
To secure his rule of Rome, Augustus formed an alliance with the successful and ambitious general Marc Anthony and Lepidus and with them created the Second Triumvirate to hunt down and defeat Brutus and Cassius, the assassins that killed Caesar (Heritage …show more content…

He built and refurbished 82 temples used for worship of the old gods just to show Rome his concerns that Rome was moving away from the traditional beliefs that the Roman Culture was built upon. (Nagle, pg. 333). In additional to the temples, Rome was transformed into one of the most beautiful cities with impressive new buildings. Augustus was a patron to Virgil, Horace and Propertius, the leading poets of the day which he used to help prove his rule, mainly Virgil’s Aenied, which claimed his rule was preordained. (Nagle, pg. 335) Augustus also ensured that his image was promoted throughout his empire by means of statues and …show more content…

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