Augustus Rise To Power Essay

Conner Brown

Ms.McMullin

World History Essay

2/10/23

Augustus' rise to power

Augustus, originally known as Octavian, the first emperor of Rome, was clearly one of

the most important Romans in ancient history. Augustus rose to power during a very chaotic time

Period. As the heir of Caesar, he assumed a leadership position in Rome at a young age.

However, Augustus had to emphasize the positive attributes of Caesar while carefully navigating

the negative aspects of his character. Augustus solidified his control of Rome through the

imperial cult, which was his religious restorations. Augustus gained power by merely taking

advantage of opportunities as they arose. His ride to prominence was motivated by his everyday

actions to stabilize.

There were two main eulogies given at the funeral by Burtus and Antony, even

though Brutus was the one that had killed Caesar in the Senate. After the eulogies, the will of

Caesar was read. Nobody knows what was in the will, so everyone was excited to hear what it

had to say. Caesar’s first heir was Gaius C. Octavian, the grand nephew of Caesar. Gaius was out

in Greece to study while at the age of 17, and had no clue he was picked at the time to be

Caesar’s heir. Caesar’s second heir was Brutus. Caesar’s will also had two bequests. The first one

said to grant all land and city from Caesar and turn it into a garden for the people. The second

bequest gave all citizens 300 cisteres. When Octavian had come to Rome, the first thing he did

was to introduce himself to all of Caesar’s troops. All the soldiers turn their loyalty to Octavian

and love him. Antony feels jipped off because he thought he would be Caesar’s heir. It is because

of this Antony tries to make life difficult for Octavian, but Cicero would not let that happen.

Cicero knows it will be a bad outcome, so he steps in the Senate to give a speech known as the

Philippi Orations. This speech was modeled after the most famous Greek orator

They could only worship him and his family under one condition, that they worship

him, and Roma, called dynasty worship. In Rome and Italy, Augustus refused to be worshiped,

and to be truly divine to be a great roman. In 30, the senate gave him a special honor called

decree, meaning all banquets, private and public, there was a libation poured to the genius of

Augustus. Augustus had also written his own autobiography, called “Res Gates”, and had built

or restored eighty two temples. One of those temples was called Apollo on Palatine hill, and it

consisted of the sibylline books. The temple was finished in 28 B.C. Another temple built was

called pantheon, a temple built by Marcus Agrippa in downtown Rome. Marcus decided to

consecrate the temple to Augustus, but Augustus said no, because he wanted to be a great Roman

that was truly divine. Even the name Augustus is an old republican title, tied to Augury, which

hinted at Augustus’ true divinity. Octoratus was an authority that stems from the title princep,

peculiar quality of the Roman senate in which Augustus as princeps excelled all other senators.

Augustilia is the day for Augustus’ honor declared by the