Augustus Emperor of Rome

Augustus Emperor of Rome
Emperor Augustus of Rome was born with the given name Gaius Octavius on September 23, 63 B.C. Three hundred years after Alexander the Great. He took the name Julius Caesar Octavius after the murder of his great uncle, Julius Caesar. In his will Caesar had adopted Octavius and made him his heir. Octavius would later become know as Augustus meaning "The Good". Although he had strengths and weakness through his shrewd, brilliant, hard political calculation he was able to achieve power in Rome.
In the course of Augustus long and spectacular career, he put and e…