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I am exceedingly sorry to have made these remarks for the sake of the writers of classical biographies, whose reputation is at stake, for one and all, from Lemprière to Dr. William Smith, mislead those who consult their pages as to the names of Augustus, among which figures "Octavianus"; this is their own fault; they will persist in regarding the Annals as the best and most authentic history we have of the ancient Romans during the period embraced in its records; they reject all other testimony, when all other testimony is far more reliable.
Tacitus and Bracciolini The Annals Forged in the XVth Century John Wilson Ross 1852
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Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, better known as Augustus, Romes first emperor.
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
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Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, better known as Augustus, Romes first emperor.
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
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Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, or Augustus, had the problem of wanting all the power of a tyrant, but he knew the dangers because his adoptive father Julius Caesar had been killed for being a tyrant.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Politicians and Personality Cults 2009
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Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, better known as Augustus, Romes first emperor.
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
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Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, better known as Augustus, Romes first emperor.
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
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Further unrest if not chaos ensued until, in 27 BC, Caesar's adopted son Octavianus became the first Roman emperor as the first Augustus.
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Pollio was aware of, when Octavianus provoked him.
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Junonium puerum, et matris partum vere aureum, as [2212] Tully said of Octavianus, while he was adopted Caesar, and an heir [2213] apparent of so great a monarchy, he was a golden child.
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Antonius and Octavianus Caesar, against Brutus and Cassius, held out likewise for a time; but when Brutus and Cassius were overthrown, then soon after, Antonius and Octavianus brake and subdivided.
The Essays 2007
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