Augustus

1. Octavian was born in a wealthy equestrian, plebeian family in 63 B.C.E. He served under his maternal great-uncle Julius Caesar whom adopted Octavian and appointed him as his future heir. Being too powerful and admired, Julius Caesar was threatened and assassinated by as many as 60 Senators within Rome. Shortly after the assassination, Octavian and Mark Antony briefly attempted to defeat the assassins together in revenge for Julius Caesar. After their victory, they divided among themselves…

were priests and such but they all answered to the emperor instead of answering to the people like in the Roman government. Roman leadership was far more advanced than Chinese leadership in many ways. The Romans has leaders like Julius Caesar and Augustus also known as Octavius. Once theses leaders found a system that worked for Rome they stayed with that system. While that Chinese changed their form of government every time a new leader emerged. The leaders of Rome molded, shaped and made Rome…

emperor, with the assistance of Crassus, a prosperous Roman, and Pompey, a popular general, Caesar was elected consul in 59 BC. After Julius Caesar perished, his grandnephew, Octavian became the unopposed leader of Rome. Ultimately going by the title, Augustus. The utmost straightforward theory for Rome’s collapse was outside forces. Rome had been fighting with tribes for centuries. But…

Aurelius. Within Ancient Rome, there was no such title as “emperor”. Instead, they had various amount of titles for emperors; such as imperator(commander), augustus(venerable), princeps(1st senator), and caesar. The first emperor was Trajan, he reigned from 98-117 A.D. He was said to be the greatest and most successful emperor after Augustus. Trajan was the first ever-roman emperor that was not from Italy because of his Spanish regions. He accomplished a lot during his reign, roads were…

Through this reading, Norman states that the Arch of Titus is a narrative memorial recording the Roman triumph and apotheosis. It is so immersive that the spectators can experience the events when they pass through. Further, she claims that there is a close connection between the two spectacles. She argues that the deification of the emperor in the apotheosis is based on his triumph. Norman makes a convincing argument about the link between the triumph and the apotheosis. She uses textual source…

Rome: Year 44 B.C.E Many things happened in the leap year 44 B.C.E. Julius Ceasar was assassinated, which led to the Ides of March ,Octavian came back from Greece, Cicero finished work in De Officiis and Cicero gave the “12 Philippics” opposing Antonius in order to make the senate declare war against him. Julius Ceasar, Cicero, Octavian, and Brutus were people who helped shaped Rome’s history. Gaius Julius Caesar was born on July 12, 100 BC in Rome, Italy. Caesar was considered one of the…

It started a civil war that resulted in the eventual creation of the Roman Empire, and the end of the Roman Republic. Three accounts that portray the murder of Caesar: Suetonius’ Life of Caesar, Plutarch’s Life of Caesar, and Nicolaus’ Life of Augustus all tell separate stories, even though they were all derived from the same event. All of the stories are technically the same story; Caesar was warned by omen, dreams, and soothsayers that there was danger coming to him on the Ides of March, but…

When the first civilization had walked on earth, they may have been brought to every circumstance that life on earth had to offer them. As people of science found proofs of these, people of faith continuously thrive to explain and reason out why. Ancient creatures fought for their survival and most of them didn 't. But when humans made it through, our evolution and existence shaped the world to what it is today. The Code of Hammurabi, the laws that shaped early civilization in the Middle East…

Rome was a influential civilization that encompassed the center of the Italian Peninsula.In 509 BCE, after overthrowing their Etruscan conquerors, the civilization established itself as a republic. This was a form of government that was designed to allow citizens to directly partake in the government. While this system gave many citizens representation in government, it strictly excluded females.Since Ancient Roman women were deemed too weak to vote, Ancient Roman men had demeaning expectations…

differently: Gaius Octavius, “Augustus” and Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus, “Constantine”. Both of these men inspired changes for the Roman Empire, such as: political reforms, spiritual reforms, and social reforms. This paper will discuss which of the two men should have been deemed the true “Augusti”. The decline of Rome was sharp, but had long lasting effects. Rome’s social environment, economic system, currency, and its allies deteriorated. This…