Who is Octavian? Why is he important and what happened to him?

Answer 1

octavian was the adopted son of julius caesar (some historians claim he had a 'finger' in on the planning in the roman senate) . octavian assumed the roman mantle of ruler after caesar's demise, became caesar augustus and ruled for a very long time, somewhere around forty some-odd years, died an old and embittered man. julius gais (Julius Caesar) declared himself emperor for life but between his diddling with cleopatra and his emperor status in a time of the roman republic, the roman senate decided he just had to go. octavian felt threatened with his own status because julius had adopted him (his brother's son became his son by roman adoption rule) but with julius' blood son with cleo, well, octavian felt his status of assumption in peril. now, octavian reasoned, if cleo was defeated, caesuria dead (cleo's & julius' son), octavian would see only blue skies and not a speed bump in his path. on march 15, 44 bc, with julius dead, cleo banned to egypt, caesuria in hiding (he'd have the kid taken care of later) octavian assended the roman (ruler) ladder, declared himself emperor of rome, continued what his father/uncle had started. well, the rest, as they say, is really history. hope that does it. octavian also fathered some interesting ideas and children. you might want to check it out. he is responsible for nero, claudius and caligula. hum....i wonder if he knew what was in store for rome & his brood would octavian have kept his legs crossed? just a thought!

Answer 2

Well, there have been a bunch of folks named Octavian. But the one you're probably thinking of was the Nephew of Gaius Julius Ceasar. After an oppostion bloc was fatally rude to Uncle Gaius on the steps of the Senate, he took part in a series of Civil Wars which ended up with his becoming Ceasar Augustus and was pretty much the last straw for Roman Democracy.

He also appointed a terminally stupid Governor to Judaea. A mistake for which the world is reputedly still paying for today.

Answer 3

He is the adopted child of Julius Cesar they're also called the Julio-Claudian dynasty Try to find a book written by Suetone title "the twelve cesars" I know it has been re-written by Erasmus in a more modern form of latin "duodecim cesares".
(I'll make an effort" Julius Cesar, Octavian Augustus (the month of August), Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, after that in very rapid succession Vitellius, Galba and I draw a blank for the third one all of these three were beat in rapid sucession by Flavius who built the Colliseum in Rome and was a good emperor with a son Titus also very good and Dometian less good and murdered I believe, Flavius adopted a jew while he was fighting an insurrection in Judea under Nero's rule, That Jew's new name was Flavius Josephe.

Now if you like that s.... I would suggest you read "I Claudius" and "Claudius the God" written by Robert Graves, I'se got them in Penguin books - Viking Penguin inc. 40 west 23 street NY NY 10010 guess where?
Flavius Joseph I've got it in French for a long time it was "the source of history" but just a few month ago I read it was being criticized by some historians.
I'm sure your interest in history will grow after you've read Robert Graves it's like a novel and a thriller at the same time.

Answer 4

Augustus Caesar. Nephew of Julius.

Member of the second Triumvirate (with Pompeii and one other guy--cant rememeber if Marc Antony was in the first or second), Octavian came out on top after the betrayls started and became the new Caesar.

Answer 5

The adoptive son or nephew of Julius Caesar, who thought that since he was the legitimate relative of the most powerful person at the time, that he should be his successor. Thats how he became the first emperor of Rome.

Answer 6

Emperor of Rome. Check out wikipedia and it'll tell you everything you wanted to know, and more, in a very short amount of time ...