Augustus
The great modern biography of Augustus, founder of the Roman Empire
Born to a plebeian family in 63 BC, Octavian was a young solder training abroad when he heard news of Julius Caesar''s brutal assassination - and discovered that he was the dictator''s sole political heir. With the opportunism and instinct for propaganda that were to characterize his rule, Octavian rallied huge financial, military ...
The great modern biography of Augustus, founder of the Roman Empire
Born to a plebeian family in 63 BC, Octavian was a young solder training abroad when he heard news of Julius Caesar''s brutal assassination - and discovered that he was the dictator''s sole political heir. With the opportunism and instinct for propaganda that were to characterize his rule, Octavian rallied huge financial, military ...
