Augustus was the first actual emperor of Rome... also arguably one of the best. He supported Caesar, in fact him along with all other emperors hence forther were called "Caesars."
The Russian Czars were also "Caesars." Just sound out the word. C-Zar. Moscow was in fact called the Third Rome (Byzantium/Constantinople/Istanbul... all the same city) being the "The Second Rome"
2007-03-22 04:57:09
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answered by Mr. L 3
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Julius Caesar was not crowned. After his death, he was succeeded by a triumvirate made up of his heir, Octavius, and Marc Antony and a third man whose name escapes me.
Eventually Octavius was the only survivor and became the first emperor of Rome. He changed his name to Augustus Caesar.
By the way, the change in his name has caused a 4 year error in our Gregorian calendar. When it went into effect (taking over from the Julian calendar), the planners had known about the 4 years that Augustus was Octavian and they corrected the calendar to accommodate it. Unfortunately, the designers of the Julian calendar had already made that correction so it put our calendar off.
The hubbub over the year 2000 was a real laugh since the real year 2000 had happened 4 years before. The hubbub over the Mayan calendar will be just as funny since we are rapidly approaching the correct date THIS YEAR.
2007-03-22 13:04:58
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answered by loryntoo 7
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Marc Antony (Marcus Antonius) was the self-proclaimed Imperator after Julius Caesar. But of course, in order to achieve that he had to form the triumvirate with Octavius and another tribune (I think) and then seized the chance to proclaim himself Imperator.
Basically, the position of Imperator was demolished once Augustus (aka Octavius) took absolute control and turned it into a royalty, thereby securing his new-found role as Emperor of the Roman Empire, which marks the end of the Roman Republic.
2007-03-22 13:10:21
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answered by Sayehan A 2
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It was a triumvirat, after Caesar, and the next emeror was Octavianus Augustus.
2007-03-22 12:22:35
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answered by fast&furious 2
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there was a triumvirate who ruled Rome after Caesar's death and the next emperor was known as Octavian who was later known as Augustus Caear(31BC=14AD)
2007-03-22 13:08:11
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answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7
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