“I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of a city of marble”, uttered by the first Roman Emperor. When I think of this man I think of the a powerful administrator who could change a whole society by himself. Imperator Caesar Divi Filius Augustus known as Augustus was born on september 23, 63 B.C, in velletri, Italy (Roberts 6). After his great uncle Julius Caesar was assassinated Augustus rose to power. Not only did Augustus found the Roman Empire and was its first leader but while over his rule he brought a two centuries of peace known as Pax Romana. Augustus was an outstanding leader, one of the great figures of world history. He brought about needed political change in Rome, effectively ending the obsolete yet still popular republic
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I would say there was one person that affected Augustus the most in a mucho masculine way, Julius Caesar. Julius was Augustus’s great uncle/ adoptive father. In 59 BC when Augustus was only 4 years old his father (also named Gaius Octavius) died. His father had been the governor of macedonia (Roberts 16). Augustus was surrounded by powerful political officials his whole life. Julius was the most powerful man in the Roman Republic (Roberts 14). He launched his own political and military career which rapidly raised. You can see Augustus’s characteristics reflected in the people around him. I believe he got the qualities of a respected administrator and fierce warrior by Julius. Julius was a competitive warrior who won various wars. Having this type of father figure influenced Augustus become a savage warrior. He studied and underwent military training at 18 in what is now Albania. Later in life he fought in many battles (and won) in spain, Egypt and …show more content…
One of the most notable acts of Augustus was he expanded Rome enormously. Rome started as Small town in central Italy and at it’s biggest was throughout Europe, Asia, North Africa and the Middle east. It could not have been done without Roman technology. Roman technology is the engineering practice which supported Roman civilization and made the expansion of Roman commerce and Roman military possible for over a millennium (Shotter 31). Augustus may have been the man in charge but without Rome’s advanced technology it would not have been possible. Augustus knew Rome’s technology was great and he worked that to the best of his ability which influenced his to strive to not give
I would say there was one person that affected Augustus the most in a mucho masculine way, Julius Caesar. Julius was Augustus’s great uncle/ adoptive father. In 59 BC when Augustus was only 4 years old his father (also named Gaius Octavius) died. His father had been the governor of macedonia (Roberts 16). Augustus was surrounded by powerful political officials his whole life. Julius was the most powerful man in the Roman Republic (Roberts 14). He launched his own political and military career which rapidly raised. You can see Augustus’s characteristics reflected in the people around him. I believe he got the qualities of a respected administrator and fierce warrior by Julius. Julius was a competitive warrior who won various wars. Having this type of father figure influenced Augustus become a savage warrior. He studied and underwent military training at 18 in what is now Albania. Later in life he fought in many battles (and won) in spain, Egypt and …show more content…
One of the most notable acts of Augustus was he expanded Rome enormously. Rome started as Small town in central Italy and at it’s biggest was throughout Europe, Asia, North Africa and the Middle east. It could not have been done without Roman technology. Roman technology is the engineering practice which supported Roman civilization and made the expansion of Roman commerce and Roman military possible for over a millennium (Shotter 31). Augustus may have been the man in charge but without Rome’s advanced technology it would not have been possible. Augustus knew Rome’s technology was great and he worked that to the best of his ability which influenced his to strive to not give