No, Augustus Caesar did not kill his father. Augustus' father, Gaius Octavius, died in 59 BCE. Augustus was only a teenager at the time and had no involvement in his father's death.

He was a clever one. He avoided taking absolute power (which had brought down Julius Caesar), sharing it with the Senators to keep them happy, but keeping overall by assuming background powers of Tribune of the Plebs at home, and pro-consul overseas, plus controlling the border provinces which was where the army was.

He called himself Augustus, which avoided the accusation of kingship and Dictatorship, and used the old fashioned office of Princeps - first citizen. A careful camouflage which lasted for 200 years. He set about stabilising Rome's empire and improving the security and prosperity of the people. The title Emperor did not exist (other than the word Imperator - an acclamation reserved for a successful general on a battlefield) which we later came to use for absolute rulers of empires.

Augustus came to power by winning it. Even though he was adopted and named Caesar's heir he had an uphill climb to reach the ultimate success. By smart political moves in Rome and by winning the last republican civil war at Actium, he finally gained the supreme power.

Octavian (who later styled himself Augustus) was the adopted son of Julius Caesar who named him as his heir in his will.

After bringing the Civil Wars to a successful conclusion he set about establishing a regime which would avoid the faults in the republican model which had brought on the civil wars. He did this by indirect means to avoid the charge of trying to be king, which brought out the knives against father Julius:

a. took the powers of a tribune of the plebs for life (immunity within Rome, veto, ability to introduce legislation).

b. became a pro-magistrate (immunity outside the city, authority outside Rome in the Empire).

c. allocated the frontier provinces to himself, the settled ones to the Senate (the frontier ones had the legions, which he thereby kept out of the hands of rivals).

He also declared an end to expansion and stablised the Empire on defensible boundaries, supplementing this with diplomacy.

Read his achievements in his own words:

http://classics.mit.edu/Augustus/deeds.html

Yes he did. Augustus was married three times. There were no children form the first marriage. He had a daughter, Julia the Elder, with his second wife. His third wife had two children from he previous marriage, Tiberius and Drusus the Elder. Augustus adopted them.

The title Augustus was an invention of the senate to honor Octavian. As an adjective it means magnificent or dignified. This meaning could be incorporated into the title. Augustus.

He did not do much. He was installed as emperor in Ravenna by his father who was a usurper when he probably was only 15. As a proxy for his father he was not truly a ruler. Seven months later another usurper killed his father and forced him to abdicate. His deposition is widely seen as marking the end of the Roman empire of the west, but there are disagreements among historians. He was the last emperor in the west, but a puppet one.

Augustus came to power by winning the Final Civil War of the Roman Republic which was a struggle over who would become the sole ruler of Rome and her territories and defeating Marc Antony and his ally, Cleopatra VII of Egypt.

Octavian, later titled Augustus, was a major figure in the history of ancient Rome and in ancient history as a whole. Given the task of the question to provide the single most important aspect of this man places any answer in the area of subjectivity. It certainly can be argued that at a very young age he was the force that unified the empire and kept it out of civil wars for many years.

Caesar Augustus was the first emperor of Rome. Before him, Rome was ruled by the Senate.

However, the Senate had less and less power in the waning days of the Republic.

Before Caesar Augustus became emperor in 27 BC, he was part of a triumvirate with M. Lepidus and M. Antonius. The Senate was still nominally leading Rome.

Before that Julius Caesar held a lot of power before his assassination in 44 BC. But again, supposedly the Senate was still leading Rome.

Along with his death, also went his power.

Bear in mind that Octavian/Augustus was a master politician--perhaps the greatest politician of all time. He gained the upper hand in Roman politics at the time when there was a vacuum in government. The republic was completely unworkable due to its deterioration into self-serving cliques. Octavian, through political maneuvering and with help from those he recruited to his cause, was able to be granted extraordinary powers. Once he won the civil war against Antony he offered to return those powers to the senate, but kept the most important ones, such as the office of perpetual tribune. Gradually, he began a transformation from the republic to the principate, beginning with reforming the army and appointing new senators who were allies.

Augustus, or Octavian, indulged in the great propaganda war with Marc Antony. When the split between the two triumvirs was inevitable, Octavian turned Antony's actions into propaganda against him, to an extent, but mostly against Cleopatra.

Julius Caesar was never an emperor of Rome. He was a politician who was appointed dictator under the republican form of government. Although a man of many and varied interests and talents, few of his political reforms were able to be accomplished. You could, in a way, say that his greatest legacy to the Roman civilization was his adopted son and heir, Octavian/Augustus.

Julius Caesar was never an emperor of Rome. He was a politician who was appointed dictator under the republican form of government. Although a man of many and varied interests and talents, few of his political reforms were able to be accomplished. You could, in a way, say that his greatest legacy to the Roman civilization was his adopted son and heir, Octavian/Augustus.

Julius Caesar was never an emperor of Rome. He was a politician who was appointed dictator under the republican form of government. Although a man of many and varied interests and talents, few of his political reforms were able to be accomplished. You could, in a way, say that his greatest legacy to the Roman civilization was his adopted son and heir, Octavian/Augustus.

Julius Caesar was never an emperor of Rome. He was a politician who was appointed dictator under the republican form of government. Although a man of many and varied interests and talents, few of his political reforms were able to be accomplished. You could, in a way, say that his greatest legacy to the Roman civilization was his adopted son and heir, Octavian/Augustus.

Julius Caesar was never an emperor of Rome. He was a politician who was appointed dictator under the republican form of government. Although a man of many and varied interests and talents, few of his political reforms were able to be accomplished. You could, in a way, say that his greatest legacy to the Roman civilization was his adopted son and heir, Octavian/Augustus.

Julius Caesar was never an emperor of Rome. He was a politician who was appointed dictator under the republican form of government. Although a man of many and varied interests and talents, few of his political reforms were able to be accomplished. You could, in a way, say that his greatest legacy to the Roman civilization was his adopted son and heir, Octavian/Augustus.

Julius Caesar was never an emperor of Rome. He was a politician who was appointed dictator under the republican form of government. Although a man of many and varied interests and talents, few of his political reforms were able to be accomplished. You could, in a way, say that his greatest legacy to the Roman civilization was his adopted son and heir, Octavian/Augustus.

Julius Caesar was never an emperor of Rome. He was a politician who was appointed dictator under the republican form of government. Although a man of many and varied interests and talents, few of his political reforms were able to be accomplished. You could, in a way, say that his greatest legacy to the Roman civilization was his adopted son and heir, Octavian/Augustus.

Julius Caesar was never an emperor of Rome. He was a politician who was appointed dictator under the republican form of government. Although a man of many and varied interests and talents, few of his political reforms were able to be accomplished. You could, in a way, say that his greatest legacy to the Roman civilization was his adopted son and heir, Octavian/Augustus.

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The most important event, or rather process, during Augustus' reign was his creation of rule by emperors and his becoming the first Roman emperor.

Augustus emerged as the final winner of the civil wars which brought down the Roman Republic. After this, he established himself as an absolute ruler and started the 503-year period of absolute rule by emperors which came after the Republic.

Augustus won the Final Civil War of the Roman Republic, which was a contest with Marc Antony to decide who would be the sole ruler of Rome and her territories. He established personal rule by the emperors and he was the first roman emperor. Therefore, he revolutionised Rome's institutions and created the new system of rule which characterised the Roman Empire during its last 503 years: the absolute rule of the emperors.

By establishing tight control over the state by a personal ruler, Augustus also ended the instability of the civil wars which brought down the Roman Republic and restored central control over the political process and the provinces (conquered territories). This led to a 200-year period of relative political stability in the Roman Empire which historians have called Pax Romana. This stability also enabled the development of thriving trading networks around the empire and beyond and to prosperity.

Some of the challenges came from the fact that Augustus established his absolute personal rule while pretending not to be doing so and claiming that he was continuing the Roman Republic. He made an arrangement with the senate (the first settlement) which formalised this pretence.

Some unrepublican aspects of his rule caused problems. He held the consulate (the office of the two heads of the Republic) for eight years. The consuls were supposed to be elected annually and not to be re-electable for ten years. He also wished his nephew to become his heir. This alienated even his strongest supporters. Then he fell seriously ill and gave his personal property to his heirs. When he recovered he gave up the consulship. This meant that he could no longer be the ruler of Rome. In addition to this, the lawyers a provincial governor on trial for waging a war near Greece without the approval of the senate claimed that Augustus had secretly ordered him to do this. This would have been a breach of the agreement with the senate and expose the mentioned pretence. A worried Augustus turned up at the trial even though he had not been summoned. The governor was found guilty, but the jury was not unanimous. Augustus then struck a second settlement with the senate in which he remained in charge despite no longer being a consul. A year after this there was a conspiracy which was foiled. The conspirators were tried in absentia and executed when they were captured.

Augustus expanded the Roman Empire. Expansion into Illyria (roughly the area of the former Yugoslavia) led to the Great Illyrian Revolt, which lasted four years and was judged to have been the most difficult conflict since the Punic Wars. Augustus also ordered the invasion of Germania. The Romans pushed into southern and central Germany. However, three Roman legions were wiped out by an alliance of Germanic tribes at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. As a result, the borders of the empire were returned to their previous position, the Rivers Rhine and Danube.

He was very cruel and used chains and whips

Augustus fought in at least six main wars. He fought two wars against Antony, one against Lepidus, The war against Caesar's killers, the war against Sextus Pompey, and the war in Panonia.

Augustus fought in at least six main wars. He fought two wars against Antony, one against Lepidus, The war against Caesar's killers, the war against Sextus Pompey, and the war in Panonia.

Augustus fought in at least six main wars. He fought two wars against Antony, one against Lepidus, The war against Caesar's killers, the war against Sextus Pompey, and the war in Panonia.

Augustus fought in at least six main wars. He fought two wars against Antony, one against Lepidus, The war against Caesar's killers, the war against Sextus Pompey, and the war in Panonia.

Augustus fought in at least six main wars. He fought two wars against Antony, one against Lepidus, The war against Caesar's killers, the war against Sextus Pompey, and the war in Panonia.

Augustus fought in at least six main wars. He fought two wars against Antony, one against Lepidus, The war against Caesar's killers, the war against Sextus Pompey, and the war in Panonia.

Augustus fought in at least six main wars. He fought two wars against Antony, one against Lepidus, The war against Caesar's killers, the war against Sextus Pompey, and the war in Panonia.

Augustus fought in at least six main wars. He fought two wars against Antony, one against Lepidus, The war against Caesar's killers, the war against Sextus Pompey, and the war in Panonia.

Augustus fought in at least six main wars. He fought two wars against Antony, one against Lepidus, The war against Caesar's killers, the war against Sextus Pompey, and the war in Panonia.

Their empire was growing and so they needed to build roads in order to support more families. Also, their forces were growing stronger and they conquered more empires.

The roads the Romans are famous for are the paved roads. The Romans started building paved roads for military purposes. The first of these paved roads was the Appian Way which was built in 312 BC to speed up the movement of troops to the font in the Second Samnite War. Besides speeding up the movement of troops, they also made the crucial delivery of supplies to the army engaged in battles of stationed in garrisons easier and faster. The paved roads aided Rome's military control over the conquered areas. Of course, they also helped communications more in general and trade.

Romans didn't build obelisks. Obelisks were built by the Ancient Egyptians.

he was nice.

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