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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 3196680, member: 91461&quot;]On this day in 63 BCE Gaius Octavius Thurinus, later and better known as Augustus, was born.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]826444[/ATTACH] </p><p>After the death of his great uncle Julius Caesar, to the shock of everyone, Octavian, a 19 year old sickly&nbsp; youth with no real&nbsp; connections in Rome, was named the perpetual dictators heir. Octavian then took on his uncle&#039;s name of Gaius Julius Caesar.</p><p>This came as a great blow to Caesar&#039;s right hand man Marc Antony, who would later say to the new Caesar, &quot;You, boy, owe everything to a name.&quot; (The statement just dripping with jealousy).</p><p>But Octavian didn&#039;t owe everything to his name. He was as shrewd a player at &quot;The game of thrones&quot; as anyone on the board...and winter was coming<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]826445[/ATTACH] </p><p>He aligned himself with Marc Antony to &quot;get revenge&quot; on his adopted fathers assassin&#039;s. But then he realigned himself with the some of the men who had assassinated Caesar and then back again to Antony. He held meetings with Brutus himself. He wanted to see exactly what he could get from all available power players before making his move.</p><p>Ultimately, he did what many great leaders do: he delegated. He let Marc Antony take on the more treacherous adversaries while having his great General Agrippa utilize the former troops of his grand uncle/father that had been preparing to go to Parthia with Caesar just days before the murder.</p><p>Once done, as you all know, he and Marc Antony faced off in what would end up being a very anticlimactic finally to this round of civil wars.</p><p>At the battle of Actium Agrippa soundly defeated Antony. Whom shortly after would commit suicide along with his lover Cleopatra VII.</p><p>Like Mohammed Ali </p><p>[ATTACH=full]826446[/ATTACH] </p><p>after winning the heavyweight championship of the world his old name would no longer do. The man would love for us to believe that it was all the Senate&#039;s idea, as he tells us in his history. No, no. This was a carefully crafted plan from a man who didn&#039;t want the people to think of his murdered adopted dictator father whenever they said his name. Didn&#039;t want to be called Rex (king) due to the negative history Rome had had with theirs. Didn&#039;t want Antony to be correct in that he DID owe everything to a name.</p><p>He would need something new. Something regal. Something distinguished, respected, eminent, venerable, hallowed, illustrious, prestigious, renowned, celebrated, honored, acclaimed, esteemed... Something Augustus</p><p>[ATTACH=full]826443[/ATTACH] </p><p>(Actual picture of Augustus)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]826433[/ATTACH]</p><p>Augustus</p><p>Silver Denarius, 27 BC-CE 14.</p><p>Lugdunum, 2 BC-AD 12.</p><p>CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F</p><p>PATER PATRIAE, laureate head</p><p>of Augustus right. Reverse:</p><p>AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC</p><p>IVVENT around, CL CAESARES</p><p>in exergue, Gaius and Lucius</p><p>Caesarsstanding facing[ATTACH=full]826438[/ATTACH]</p><p>Marc Antony &amp; Octavian</p><p>AR Quinarius. Military mint</p><p>moving with Octavian, 39</p><p>BC. Head of Concordia right,</p><p>wearing diadem and veil, III</p><p>VIR R P C around / Two</p><p>hands clasped around</p><p>caduceus, M ANTON C</p><p>CAESAR around. Crawford</p><p>529/4b</p><p>[ATTACH=full]826434[/ATTACH] Augustus</p><p>AE Diobol 26 mm 8.65 gr</p><p>Year 41 11-12 AD</p><p>Egypt</p><p>[ATTACH=full]826435[/ATTACH]</p><p>Augustuswith Agrippa</p><p>Roman Provincial</p><p>Gaul, Nemausus. 27 BCE-</p><p>CE 14 Æ dupondiusCE 10-</p><p>14. IMP DIVI F, P-P, backto</p><p>back headsof Augustus and</p><p>Agrippa/ COL NEM,</p><p>crocodilechained to palm</p><p>branch,wreathabove . RPC</p><p>525;RIC 160. aVF.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]826436[/ATTACH] Rhoemetalces and Augustus</p><p>(11 BC-12 CE). Thrace. Æ</p><p>(19mm, 5.89g, 3h).</p><p>Diademed head of</p><p>Rhoemetalces r. R/ Bare</p><p>head of Augustus r. RPC I</p><p>1714. Green patina, Good</p><p>VF</p><p>[ATTACH=full]826437[/ATTACH]</p><p>Augustus</p><p>27BCE-14AD AE As</p><p>Obv: Augustus facing right</p><p>Rev: SCPLVRIVS AGRIPPA</p><p><br /></p><p>Please help me celebrate the man by posting what you have and any of his stories![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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