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How Did Augustus Become Rome

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Augustus was Rome’s first emperor. Augustus was born in Velletri as Gauis Octavius Thurnius. Augustus’s father was a senator and governor in the Roman Republic, and his mother was Atia, Julius Caesar niece, who was in fact very religious. At the ripe age of 19, Caesar took him under his wing so in case he passed away suddenly he would have an heir to take over and Caesar wanted it to be Augustus. When Augustus was 32, he became Rome’s first emperor and in return, he promised to restore peace and security in the Roman Empire. After he became the emperor of Rome, he began to restore the rules back in the cities and to show appreciation, the Senate decided to vote “special powers” and gave Octavius the title, Augustus, which he would use for
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