Octavius Caesar Research Paper

“I found Rome of clay; I leave it to you of marble.” Octavius Gaius or rather better known as Roman Emperor Augustus Caesar left his deathbed with these words. Surely enough, Octavius left a footprint in history as a successful leader who controlled one of the largest empires in history—a man worshipped as a god. His Empire stood for surmountable amount of time until its fall of the Byzantine Empire. Octavius was a splendid, scholarly man and showed many promises in his young youth. Bred in a wealthy, political family, he was provided with a heavy academic regime, which included studies with the most well renowned philosophical teachers, military education, and physical combat. While Julius Caesar was reigning, Octavuis caught the attention

Julius Caesar held high expectations of the young lad and appointed Octavius with political tasks at the ripe age of seventeen. (proof/quote something) Not only was he accomplishing tasks under Caesar at that age, prior to this he was already appointed in the most prestigious Roman college of priesthood and no later rose to the highest societal rank as a patrician and magister equitum: the Latin term stood for “Master of Calvary.” The position provided him power as deputy over emergencies presented by the empire. The intellectual knowledge young Octavius held provided him the ability to discern his many political standings. Caesar himself had no doubt in his remarkably gifted stepson. Octavius began to dabble in politics and was respected by others during events he attended: “The young man was his companion both at the theater and at the banquets, and he saw that Caesar conversed kindly with him…. He gained some more self-confidence as many of his friends and citizens asked him to intercede for them with Caesar…. He became of great value to many kinsfolk, for he took care never to ask a favor at an inopportune time, nor when it was annoying to Caesar. And he displayed not a few sparks of kindness and natural intelligence.” Caesar and the people greatly trusted Octavius and found him to be an intellectual young man with whom to converse. In

Normally, once a country was taken over, the bounties and prosperity of that country were now under the victor’s possession. Egypt and the Mediterranean were known to flourish greatly because of the Nile valley. It was a notable place for trading crops and luxury goods. Crops and grains were most likely the most beneficial aspects of the Nile valley. Shortages in food supply frequently occurred in the city of Rome and the Roman army, thus, outrage from the people tended to erupt in the presence of food shortages. Interestingly enough, Egypt was never under government care. Octavius treated Egypt as a personal possession. In addition to this action, he also believed it would be best to keep it under his supervision to remove any enemy looking after