CIVILIZATION
ROMAN
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Question
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Julius Caesar
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Augustus Caesar
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Jupiter
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Pax Romana
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Detailed explanation-1: -How did Augustus come to power? After the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BCE, Augustus joined forces with Caesar’s former chief lieutenant, Mark Antony, and his magister equitium (“master of the cavalry”), Marcus Lepidus, to form the Second Triumvirate of Rome.
Detailed explanation-2: -From his birth in 63 B.C. he was Octavius; after his adoption was announced in 44 B.C., Octavian; and beginning in 26 B.C. the Roman Senate conferred on him the name Augustus, the august or exalted one. He was born Gaius Octavius Thurinus in Velletri, 20 miles from Rome.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 46 BC, Caesar won the civil war and was named dictator of Rome. To secure his position, he needed an heir. With no son of his own, he adopted Augustus.
Detailed explanation-4: -Following the assassination of his maternal great-uncle, Julius Caesar, in 44 BCE, Caesar’s will named Octavian as his adopted son and heir when Octavian was only 19 years old.