Augustus Caesar Essay

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus also known as Caligula, was the first Roman emperor to be assassinated. This was because Caligula was seen as a mad tyrant. He wanted to have a glorious reputation as conqueror like his predecessors however, after several failed military campaigns, Caligula's ineptitude as a commander became evident. Military campaigns did not come cheap as Rome's treasury was depleting rapidly. Caligula's short reign of five years had done little to benefit the people of…

What Do You Know? My understanding of the past is so-so, I really like learning about the past it is interesting how things have changed and also how they have not changed. I know some big events and ideas, but I do not know any specific dates. My experience of learning about the past is not very in depth, but I always like learning about the past. The history classes that I’ve taken are the classes required to pass high school, which were world history, U.S. government, and U.S. history. Most…

the nineteenth of August, 14 CE, the founder of the Roman principate Octavian Augustus, died of natural causes after holding the position of princeps for forty-one years. Despite significant effort in the decade preceding his death to secure a smooth dynastic succession by the sharing of offices and titles with his adopted son Tiberius, a distinguished military general in his own right, substantial unrest followed Augustus’ passing. It quickly became necessary for more popular family members,…

The Second Triumvirate and Octavian’s Victory Over Antony With Octavian’s first orders of business completed, but the Senate expected him to fight Antony, not Brutus and Cassius (conspirators). Brutus refused to give himself up at Mutina and Antony besieged Mutina with his army in order to conquer the city. Seeing Antony and his troops as a major threat, Octavian marched against Antony and, with the support of two consuls, ultimately defeated Antony’s army at Mutina. Shortly after, Octavian…

The Pax Romana was a time when Rome was considered to be at peace and was not in constant wars with others. Started by Augustus, the Romans values and beliefs began to change as the era of the Pax Romana was upon them. Rome used to be a place that military exploits and honor were all that they cared about. They would set about conquering one place and then the next. Winning triumphs was the main goal of army generals and leaders and it was all about the glory. Even when Rome controlled nearly…

said, “The courtesan who constantly surveyed Caesar’s household with her adulterous eyes, mankind’s undoing, the special vice of courts, inflamed the hearts of everyone against me, and these, inflamed, inflamed in turn Augustus (Frederick is referred to here as ‘Caesar’ and ‘Augustus’ because he sought to imitate the imperial court of Rome), and my happy honors turned into sad laments (Dante, Inferno 13.64-69).” The people he once trusted became envious of him, and sought to remove him from his…

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, more commonly known by his childhood nickname “Caligula”, is widely considered as one of the most vilest men to ever live. He is one of the most corrupt and irrational emperors to ever rule, and is representative of what we fear in totalitarian leaders. He literally “went mad with power” and is, to a certain extent, the epitome of evil. In Lives of the Twelve Caesar's Suetonius delves into the life of Caligula, describing both his brief reign as emperor…

Julius Caesar was an ambitious dictator who lived from 100 B.C.E. - 44 B.C.E. Throughout his life, he held many titles, from being a soldier to a politician, although eventually he became the dictator perpetuum. The Julian calendar was his most memorable legacy, which he invented. His brutal murder on the Ides of March signaled the end of his powerful rule in Rome. Julius Caesar was born on July 13th 100 B.C.E. His religion was Roman Polytheism, and he was sided with the political…

Shakespeare, Julius Caesar , Cassius believes that their fate is made by their choosing. “Men at some time are masters of their fates: The fault, dear Brutus , is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.” This quote is said by Cassius when he refuses to accept Caesar’s rise of power and wants to put fate into the same category as being a passive coward. The play Julius Caesar gives an example of people believing that they cho0se their fate. The choices that Julius Caesar and…

Julius Caesar Reunion Competition. When Sedgewick spends a long time to contact Hundert about the competition, Hundert begins to worry about that Sedgewick is merely playing a trick on him. However, when Sedgewick finally contacts Hundert with all the accommodations, Hundert is ecstatic. When he is flown to the island, he “felt a headiness that I had never known before; it was what Augustus Caesar must have felt millennia ago, carried head-high on a litter…