Octavian
Caesar's adopted heir
Octavian was the birth name of the Roman leader who became Augustus, the first Roman emperor.
The name appears in historical contexts referring to his early career before he took the title Augustus in 27 BCE: Octavian defeated Mark Antony at Actium.
As a given name, Octavian derives from the Latin for eighth.
One of three rulers
- consulDiplomat in foreign city
- proconsulRoman provincial ruler
- senateLegislative governing body
- republicState with elected leaders
principate · constitutional · administration · proscriptions · civil war · legitimacy · propaganda · optimates
Imperial era of stability
- Second TriumvirateRoman three-man rule
- adopted heirChosen successor, not by birth
- Julius CaesarRoman dictator and general
- CleopatraEgypt's last pharaoh
Mark Antony · imperial · pontifex maximus · mausoleum · Livia · Agrippa · succession · propaganda
One who receives legacy
- adoptedMade legally one's own
- great-nephewBrother's daughter's son
- JulianRelating to a famous Roman
- successionFollowing in order
Tiberius · Marcellus · Julia · bloodline · dynasty · lineage · marriage alliance
triumvir
One of three rulers
republic · principate · constitutional · administration · proscriptions · civil war · legitimacy · propaganda · optimates · populares
Pax Romana
Imperial era of stability
- Second TriumvirateRoman three-man rule
- adopted heirChosen successor, not by birth
- Julius CaesarRoman dictator and general
Mark Antony · Cleopatra · imperial · pontifex maximus · mausoleum · Livia · Agrippa · succession · propaganda · deification
heir
One who receives legacy
- adoptedMade legally one's own
- great-nephewBrother's daughter's son
- JulianRelating to a famous Roman
succession · Tiberius · Marcellus · Julia · bloodline · dynasty · lineage · marriage alliance
legions
Great many, or armies
- navyMaritime military force
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- SicilyMediterranean's biggest island
veterans · praetorian · campaign · fleet · Egypt · annexation · Agrippa · triumph · imperator
- Ancient RomeRome, Julius Caesar, Caesar, gladiator, gladiators
- Ancient LeadersAlexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Augustus, Cyrus the Great, Pericles
- Augustusprincipate, Livia, Augustan age, Tiberius, Julia
- Julius CaesarJulius Caesar, Caesar, Brutus, Cassius, Marc Antony
- triumviratesSecond Triumvirate, troika, power trio, triad, Julius Caesar
- TriumvirsJulius Caesar, Pompey, Mark Antony, Augustus, Marc Antony
OctavianMark Antony
Brutus · Cassius · Cleopatra · Cicero · republican government
OctavianMark Antony
Julius Caesar · Nero · Caligula · Alexander the Great · Cleopatra