Augustus
Octavian better known as Augustus was the adopted son of Julius Caesar. Caesar was assassinated by a group of senators led by Brutus and Cassius on the steps of the Roman senate on March 15, 44 B.C. The assasin's thought that Caesar was hiring uneligible people as representatives. The senators thought by killing Caesar it would bring peace upon Rome, but it just brought upon a civil war. After the assassination a long time associate of Caesar's, Mark Antony and Octavian were on a quest to avenge Caesars death. After a while Antony and Octavian turned on each other. Octavian steadily gained more and more terrain and the support of many Romans by telling them that Mark Antony was plotting against them with the queen of Egypt. Subsequent to Octavian basically winning over the Roman people Antony and Cleopatra commited suicide leaving Octavian in complete power over Rome. Octavian wanted to, like his father to turn Rome's government into a established political structure. This would be a extremely difficult task for Octavian to complete because of Rome's strong republican background and them believing that the government was brought to them by the gods. Octavian did not want to scare the Roman people or senat
The fourth passage is "From Suetonius, Life of Augustus" (p52, Source 4). "The whole body of citizens with a sudden unanimous impulse proffered him the title of 'father of his country'" (p52). Most of the Roman people believed that Augustus had solved all their problems and was their father. This excerpt is from Suetonius a author who wrote a biography on Augustus. Now we will review some passages from "Discovering the Western Past" (Wiesner, 2000). The first passage we will look at is a "Decree Issued by Emperor Augustus, 4 B.C." (p50, Source 1). Augustus wrote this himself in the Greek city of Cyrene. It was a law that was passed that affected the welfare of the Roman people according to Augustus. The decree mainly emphasized extortion of money. And that money shall be returned if found just in court. Before Augustus came into power many Romans thought that their gods have given up on them and just left them to be in constant war. The Roman people thought that Augustus's military competence led the gods to be on his and their side. Augustus hired many writers and sculptors to brighten up the city of Rome and liven the spirits of his people. Many poems written about Augustus in essence glori
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