As Rome’s first emperor, Octavian (Augustus Caesar) (63 B.C.–A.D. 14) is best known for initiating the Pax Romana, a largely peaceful period of two centuries in which Rome imposed order on a ...

Then Augustus got a lucky break. In 46 BC, Caesar won the civil war and was named dictator of Rome. ... At the age of 32, he had become Rome’s first Emperor, promising to restore peace and security.

Julius Caesar had become Rome’s first dictator after 49 B.C., when the republic was faltering, after leading soldiers who’d become loyal to Caesar while abroad, returned to Italy by crossing ...

AUGUSTUS: FIRST EMPEROR OF ROME By Adrian Goldsworthy Yale University Press, $35, 624 pages Caesar Augustus remains the person in the ancient world whose image is the most recognizable, surviving ...

Of course, Julius Caesar was never an emperor. He was a military leader and politician when the Roman Republic was in its death throes. ... Octavian became Augustus (27 BCE–14 CE) or emperor.

Augustus became emperor in a tumultuous period but led Rome to unmatched prosperity - fiscal policy was part of his secret, ... Julius Caesar, in 44 B.C., Augustus became sole emperor of Rome.

After the infamous assassination of his adopted father Julius Caesar in 44 B.C., Augustus defeated Mark Anthony at the battle of Actium in 31B.C., became the sole emperor of Rome and ushered in 40 ...

Before he became emperor, his enemies called him Octavian, as most writers do today. When adopted by his great-uncle, Caesar, he himself added 'Caesar' to the mix.