Rise of Augustus

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The rise of Augustus, the first Roman emperor, covers his life from his gathering of legions loyal to Roman dictator Julius Caesar in Roman Italy in 44 BC, following Caesar's assassination on the Ides of March (15 March), until the Roman Senate's bestowal upon him of the title augustus in 27 BC. The latter date marks the traditional end of the Roman Republic and beginning of the Roman Empire. Augustus was born Gaius Octavius in 63 BC and is known during this phase of his life as Octavian (Latin: Octavianus). The period between 44 and 27 BC witnessed the formation of the Second Triumvirate by Octavian, Mark Antony, and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and the eventual fissure of this triple dictatorship as Octavian ultimately defeated his rivals. Caesar's former general Mark Antony served as consul in an erstwhile uneasy truce with Caesar's assassins, until the flight of the assassins from the city of Rome and Octavian's arrival in the city. Antony attempted to thwart Octavian's oversight of games...

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