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The Rise of Augustus Caesar and the Roman Empire He was the nineteen year old student who inherited a name and conquered a known world. While his great-uncle Julius Caesar was a man of the battlefield, this young heir was a master of the long game a strategist who dismantled a five hundred year old Republic to build an Empire that would endure for centuries. Born Gaius Octavius, he would die as Augustus, the "Revered One," having fundamentally altered the political geography of the Mediterranean

Jonathan Stamp Historical consultant for HBO's "Rome" © HBO Rome, BBC. All Rights Reserved. Watch Rome online at HBO GO® http://itsh.bo/i0riR5. HBO on Facebook & Twitter: http://www.facebook.com/hbo http://www.twitter.com/hbo AUGUSTUS, also called AUGUSTUS CAESAR or OCTAVIAN First Roman emperor, following the republic, which had been finally destroyed by the dictatorship of Julius Caesar, his great-uncle and adoptive father. His autocratic regime is known as the principate because he was the pri