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<p>[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 7909830, member: 87809"]had already written some lines about Augustus in [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER]'s thread about her first coin of Octavian.</p><p><br /></p><p>Will copy some of it here because it is his birthday:</p><p>His original name was Gaius Octavius. After Caesar’s death and having adopted and named his great-nephew Octavius his heir in his testament of September 45 BC, the young Octavius takes the name Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus and in the year 27 BC and by motion of the senate he is called Imperator Caesar Augustus, were it is to be noted that Imperator is placed first and as such became prenomen.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gaius Octavius was born under Cicero’s consulate on September 23, 63 BC. His birth house in the palatine district, not far from the Via Sacra, had the name “ad capita bubula” at the bull heads. After Augustus’ death the house was declared a sanctuary and, on its spot, stood later the church San Bonaventura.</p><p><br /></p><p>About Octavius childhood little is known. His father had been governor of Macedonia for two years before his death when Octavius was 4 years old, making it very unlikely that he had any memories of his father. Octavius was raised by his mother Atia and his grandmother Julia. Atia remarried a man of nobility, Lucius Marcius Philippus, who took good care of the education of his stepson.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the fall of 45 BC Julius Caesar created a new group of patricians (Lex Cassia) and Octavius became a member of the Patricians. Shortly thereafter, Caesar sent his great nephew to Apollonia (today Valona, Albania) were he should be acquainted with military tasks and be prepared for future command. At the same time, he studied Greek and Rhetoric with Apollodarus in Pergamum, Mathematics with Theogenes. His companions in military education were Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Quintus Salvidienus Rufus. Salvidienus, his military mentor, was a bit older than Octavius and initially devoted to him. Even though Salvidienus was a candidate for consul in 39 BC, during the Perusine War he took sides with Octavius enemies. Salvidienus appears on coins probably from 41/40 BC (Cohen 514) with the legend IMP(erator) COS DESG (i.e. Consul Designatus). On the other hand, Agrippa was his trusted friend throughout life.</p><p><br /></p><p>A Semis I like very much:</p><p>Cartago Nova, Tarraconensis, 4 BC, 15th emission, issued by Marcus Postumius Albinus and Lucius Porcius Capito(linus?) as duumviri quinquennales </p><p><br /></p><p>21 x 23 mm, 5.892 g</p><p>RPC1 171/15; SNG Copenhagen 496</p><p>Ob.: AVGVSTVS DIVI F laureate head of Augustus r. </p><p>Rev.: M•POSTVM•ALBIN•L•PORC•CAPIT•π•VIR• Q, Priest standing facing holding simpulum and olive branch</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1365523[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1365524[/ATTACH]</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 7909830, member: 87809"]had already written some lines about Augustus in [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER]'s thread about her first coin of Octavian. Will copy some of it here because it is his birthday: His original name was Gaius Octavius. After Caesar’s death and having adopted and named his great-nephew Octavius his heir in his testament of September 45 BC, the young Octavius takes the name Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus and in the year 27 BC and by motion of the senate he is called Imperator Caesar Augustus, were it is to be noted that Imperator is placed first and as such became prenomen. Gaius Octavius was born under Cicero’s consulate on September 23, 63 BC. His birth house in the palatine district, not far from the Via Sacra, had the name “ad capita bubula” at the bull heads. After Augustus’ death the house was declared a sanctuary and, on its spot, stood later the church San Bonaventura. About Octavius childhood little is known. His father had been governor of Macedonia for two years before his death when Octavius was 4 years old, making it very unlikely that he had any memories of his father. Octavius was raised by his mother Atia and his grandmother Julia. Atia remarried a man of nobility, Lucius Marcius Philippus, who took good care of the education of his stepson. In the fall of 45 BC Julius Caesar created a new group of patricians (Lex Cassia) and Octavius became a member of the Patricians. Shortly thereafter, Caesar sent his great nephew to Apollonia (today Valona, Albania) were he should be acquainted with military tasks and be prepared for future command. At the same time, he studied Greek and Rhetoric with Apollodarus in Pergamum, Mathematics with Theogenes. His companions in military education were Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Quintus Salvidienus Rufus. Salvidienus, his military mentor, was a bit older than Octavius and initially devoted to him. Even though Salvidienus was a candidate for consul in 39 BC, during the Perusine War he took sides with Octavius enemies. Salvidienus appears on coins probably from 41/40 BC (Cohen 514) with the legend IMP(erator) COS DESG (i.e. Consul Designatus). On the other hand, Agrippa was his trusted friend throughout life. A Semis I like very much: Cartago Nova, Tarraconensis, 4 BC, 15th emission, issued by Marcus Postumius Albinus and Lucius Porcius Capito(linus?) as duumviri quinquennales 21 x 23 mm, 5.892 g RPC1 171/15; SNG Copenhagen 496 Ob.: AVGVSTVS DIVI F laureate head of Augustus r. Rev.: M•POSTVM•ALBIN•L•PORC•CAPIT•π•VIR• Q, Priest standing facing holding simpulum and olive branch [CENTER][ATTACH=full]1365523[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1365524[/ATTACH][/CENTER][/QUOTE]
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