Gaius Octavius Thurinus (Caesar Augustus)

1. Gaius Octavius Thurinus(Caesar Augustus) Made By: Hannah Durynski & Tori Hagerty

2. Table of Contents • Early Life and Childhood • Death • Time Line • Intersecting Facts • Character Traits with Examples • Accomplishments and Achievements • Family Tree • EU: Did they use or abuse power? • EU: Contributions to Rome or history of the world

3. Early Life and Childhood • Born on September 23, 63 B.C with name of Gaius Octavius. • Adopted by Julius Caesar • Birthplace is Rome, Roman Republic.

4. Death • He died August 19th 14 A.D (age 75) • Place of death-Nola, Italia,Roman Empire. • Buried- Mausoleum of Augustus, Caesar, Rome.

5. Time Line • 63: Octavian born September 23rd at Rome to Gaius Octavius and Atia, niece of Julius Caesar • 53: Crassus defeated and killed by the Parthians at Carrhae • 50: Octavian delivers the funeral oration for his grandmother Julia • 49: Caesar crosses the Rubicon in Italy, precipitating civil war; Pompey and the Senate flee to Greece • 48: • Battle of Pharsalus: Caesar victorious; Pompey murdered in Egypt • October 18: Octavian assumes the toga virilis and legally enters into manhood • 45: Octavian campaigns (at 17) in Spain with Julius Caesar: Battle of Munda • 44: • March 15: assassination of Caesar; Caesar’s will names Octavian as principal heir and adopted son • Early May: meets with Antony in Rome and attempts to collect his legacy from Antony (who has seized Caesarʹs papers and fortune). • 43: • April 14: Battle at Forum Gallorum (Octavian defeats Antony) • April 14‐27: Octavian, invested with propraetorianimperium, leads legions in Battle at Mutina, along with consuls Hirtius and Pansa • April 21: Antony defeated at Mutina • May 24: Antony and Lepidus join forces • August 19: Octavian and his cousin (Caesarʹs nephew) Quintus Pedius become suffect consuls; Octavian recognized as Julius Caesarʹs adoptive son under name Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus • October: Octavian meets with Antony and Lepidus near Bononia and form the Second Triumvirate (triumviri, or “three men”) • November 27: Second Triumvirate legislated at Rome, for 5 years via the lexTitia. Beginning of the proscriptions; the ancient sources provide figures for the numbers who were executed and whose property was seized: • o 130+ senators (Livy) • o 200 senators + 2000 equites (Appian) • o 300 senators + 3000 equites (Plutarch) • o Only one ex‐consul known (Cicero), out of nearly 100 known names

6. Interesting facts • When Octavius was young when he came into his inheritance after Caesar's assassination in 44 BC. • Augustus’s reorganization of the provincial Roman system created a stable environment for collecting the taxes and the administrating government throughout the empire.

7. Character Traits and Accomplishments and Achievements Character Traits With Examples Accomplishments and Achievements A Accomplishment would be that he fought in the war. A Achievement would be that he helped many people that needed help. • Brave-because he always fought in wars. • Grateful-because he was never selfish for not getting stuff. • Confident-because he did many things for many people and he never messes up on anything.

8. Family Tree • Mother- Atia Balba Caesonia • Father- Gaius Octavius • Never Married and never had kids • Great Uncle- Julius Caesar

9. EU’S Did they use or abuse power? Contributions to Rome or history of the world? • They Abused power because they made people fight in the war and they stabbed Julius Caesar 23 times and he bleed to death.

10. Biography • www.google.com/imigas

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