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Augustus Caesar Emperor Augustus of Rome was born with the name Gaius Octavius on September 23, 63 B.C. He took the name Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (Octavian) in 44 B.C. after the murder of his great uncle Julius Caesar. Marc Antony refused to surrender Caesar's property after Caesar’s death, but after some fighting Octavian became consul and carried out Caesar's will. When Antony returned from Gaul with Lepidus, Octavian joined them in establishing the Second …

…a dynasty. He married his sister to his friend so she would have grandsons he could adopt. She had two grandsons that Augustus was fond of, but after they died at a young age Augustus had to adopt a boy by the name of Tiberius. Augustus died at Nola in A.D. 14 and was succeeded by his stepson, Tiberius. “I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.” -Augustus Caesar