BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF AUGUSTUS CAESAR.
This biographical sketch primarily looks at the life of Augustus Caesar from his birth to his death. Looking at achievements he made as an emperor of Ancient Rome and how he acquired power. In this paper we will discuss the immense impact Augustus had in shaping western civilization through his reign of the Roman Empire that endured for centuries after his death, “the first two of which were the centuries of the celebrated Pax Romana, the longest period of peace the Western world would ever enjoy” (Casson, 1999).
The first emperor after the death of Julius Caesar, commonly known as Octavian was born Gaius Octavius on September 23, 63 B.C., in Velletri, Italy just outside of Rome. He was born into an old and wealthy equestrian branch of the plebian Octavii family. His parents were Gaius Octavius who had been the governor Macedonia , Atia Balba Caesonia, and Julius Caesar, his great uncle and adoptive father, who took an interest in him at an early age after his father’s premature death. Due to the unfortunate circumstances, his mother remarried but Augustus did not move in with the new stepfather and instead stayed with his maternal grandmother who was Julius Caesar’s sister. She dies when Augustus was 12 and this lead to Augustus spending time with Caesar and being taught how to be a good man and ultimately …show more content…
(1999, August). In the year 1, Augustus Let the good times roll. Smithsonian, 30(5), 82. Retrieved from http://go.galegroup.com.libraryresources.columbiasouthern.edu/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA55391325&v=2.1&u=oran95108&it=r&p=ITOF&sw=w&asid=c570d955de3438c5f28018a393573506
Everitt, Anthony, (2006).The First Emperor: Caesar Augustus and the Triumph of Rome. Random House, Inc., New York.
McKay, J. P., Hill, B. D., Buckler, J., Crowston, C. H., Weisner-Hanks, M. E., & Perry, J. (2014). A history of western society: From antiquity to the enlightenment (11th ed., Vol. 1). Boston, MA: Bedford/St.
This biographical sketch primarily looks at the life of Augustus Caesar from his birth to his death. Looking at achievements he made as an emperor of Ancient Rome and how he acquired power. In this paper we will discuss the immense impact Augustus had in shaping western civilization through his reign of the Roman Empire that endured for centuries after his death, “the first two of which were the centuries of the celebrated Pax Romana, the longest period of peace the Western world would ever enjoy” (Casson, 1999).
The first emperor after the death of Julius Caesar, commonly known as Octavian was born Gaius Octavius on September 23, 63 B.C., in Velletri, Italy just outside of Rome. He was born into an old and wealthy equestrian branch of the plebian Octavii family. His parents were Gaius Octavius who had been the governor Macedonia , Atia Balba Caesonia, and Julius Caesar, his great uncle and adoptive father, who took an interest in him at an early age after his father’s premature death. Due to the unfortunate circumstances, his mother remarried but Augustus did not move in with the new stepfather and instead stayed with his maternal grandmother who was Julius Caesar’s sister. She dies when Augustus was 12 and this lead to Augustus spending time with Caesar and being taught how to be a good man and ultimately …show more content…
(1999, August). In the year 1, Augustus Let the good times roll. Smithsonian, 30(5), 82. Retrieved from http://go.galegroup.com.libraryresources.columbiasouthern.edu/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA55391325&v=2.1&u=oran95108&it=r&p=ITOF&sw=w&asid=c570d955de3438c5f28018a393573506
Everitt, Anthony, (2006).The First Emperor: Caesar Augustus and the Triumph of Rome. Random House, Inc., New York.
McKay, J. P., Hill, B. D., Buckler, J., Crowston, C. H., Weisner-Hanks, M. E., & Perry, J. (2014). A history of western society: From antiquity to the enlightenment (11th ed., Vol. 1). Boston, MA: Bedford/St.