Augustus Caesar Essay

Wives and Mistresses of Julius Caesar Julius Caesar: an exceptionally brilliant, powerful, respected man, who will forever be remembered. But there was more to Julius then just his political and military career. Behind him, he had a series of women who either married or engaged in affairs with. Julius Caesar had many romantic relationships, some for love, some purely for political reasons. For whatever the reason, Caesar had different women throughout his life, carrying out different…

Julius Caesar Assassination Paper Julius Caesar was a Roman Consul alongside Pompey, that converted Rome from becoming a Republic to a Dictatorship, under his long reign of his noble family, Julius. Julius Caesar was able to do this because the Roman Senate appointed him as Dictator for Life or “Dictator perpetuo”. He was able to achieve this noble title by becoming a successful war hero, and conquering the rest of Germania north of Rome. Once he conquered Germania he returned to Rome, to find…

Augustus, originally known as Gaius Julius Octavius was born on September 23, 63 B.C. His father was Gaius Octavius and his mother was Atia. His uncle was the well- known Julius Caesar who later took Augustus under his wing and trained him to be a successor (Fagan, par. 4-5). Augustus was one known for his achievements as a Roman leader. He ruled from 31 B.C. to 14 A.D. He was considered to be one of the best rulers because during his tenure he: expanded the territory of the Roman Empire,…

mostly for her relationship with Augustus Caesar, born Julius…

The Great fire of Rome was a devastating fire that began on the night, between the 18th and 19th of July in 64 AD. The fire lasted for 6 days and died down but reignited again for 3 days. This event is significant to the classical world, as 3 districts were entirely destroyed, 7 suffered serious damage and only 4 districts survived, only after 10 years since Nero became Emperor of Rome. At least two-thirds of the city was ruined. Following the fire, a rebuilding programme was led by Nero, such…

NERO AND JULIUS CAESAR Background Julius Caesar Caesar’s full name is Gaius Julius Caesar. He was born somewhere between 102 and 100 BCE. Caesar’s family had noble, Patrician roots. His father died in 85 BCE. A few years later he was engaged and he was possibly married to a wealthy young woman. His marriage soon was broken and when he was eighteen he married again to Cornelia. Later they had a child and named her Julia. Kidnapped by Cecillian pirates and held for ransom, he maintained a…

leaders, tactics, and troop abilities. Firstly, the Roman Military became very powerful because of their leaders. One leader that lead the Romans to more power was Julius Caesar. Julius Caesar defeated kings loyal to Pompey in Syria and Asia Minor. Also in 47 B.C., he defeated King Pharnaces II of Pontus at Zela (Modern day Turkey).Caesar then went on to defeat Pompey’s followers in the Battle of Thapsus…

The Roman Empire was established after the assassination of Julius Caesar in 27 B.C.E. Every emperor, starting with Augustus, brought something new to the table that is the impressive Roman Empire, that stretched throughout most of the Western world. The third to come to power after the murder of Caesar, Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus, more commonly known as Caligula, may easily be one of the most mad of them all. Gaius Caesar was born on August 31 in the year 12 C.E to his father Germanicus…

Octavian Caesar is also widely better known as Augustus Caesar. He is considered one of the most famous emperors of the Roman empire. Octavian was also the first emperor of the Roman empire and was also the first Roman emperor to rule Egypt as an emperor as well. In fact, Octavian was such a good emperor that he established an era of peace throughout the Mediterranean world over his rule. Octavian Caesar was born on September 23, 63 B.C, to an equestrian family in Velletri, Italy who named him…

Emperor Nero, infamously known as one of the most oppressive of the Roman emperors, came to power in 54 AD, with an extensive range of reforms. While Nero’s initial rule and reforms were immensely prosperous and popular, his rule soon degraded as negative influences, debauchery, and maliciousness, became his legacy. The reforms under the influence of Seneca and Burrus were exceptionally successful, however, without their guidance, Nero’s further reforms brought colossal amounts of chaos and…