Augustus Caesar Quotes

“Agrippa seemed to be an emperor in training, but when he passed away in 12 BCE,”
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“Shortly after Octavian’s recovery, he awarded General Agrippa a term of five years as the administrator of the east.”
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“subpar sanitation practices, outbreaks of plague were quite common in Rome at the time.”
― Hourly History, Augustus Caesar: A Life from Beginning to End

“Octavian then surprised everyone—including himself—by recovering from his illness,”
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“went ahead and handed his signet ring over to Agrippa,”
― Hourly History, Augustus Caesar: A Life from Beginning to End

“Without a biological heir in sight, Octavian made it known that he wished for General Agrippa to succeed him.”
― Hourly History, Augustus Caesar: A Life from Beginning to End

“this man of supposed god-given authority would soon prove his mortality when he struck down by a horrible illness in 23 BCE.”
― Hourly History, Augustus Caesar: A Life from Beginning to End

“receiving the title of Augustus. Roughly translated, Augustus means, “the illustrious one.”
― Hourly History, Augustus Caesar: A Life from Beginning to End

“on January 16, 27 BCE, Octavian reached another milestone on the road to empire,”
― Hourly History, Augustus Caesar: A Life from Beginning to End

“There could be no doubt that if anyone rose up against Octavian, they would be quickly shut down.”
― Hourly History, Augustus Caesar: A Life from Beginning to End

“but for the most part, Rome was now a republic in name only.”
― Hourly History, Augustus Caesar: A Life from Beginning to End

“It is true that Octavian initially allowed the continuance of most free elections,”
― Hourly History, Augustus Caesar: A Life from Beginning to End

“After the demise of his archrival, Octavian was now the undisputed, single ruler of the Roman Empire.”
― Hourly History, Augustus Caesar: A Life from Beginning to End

“Cleopatra then followed her lover’s lead by taking a drought of poison.”
― Hourly History, Augustus Caesar: A Life from Beginning to End

“Mark Antony stabbed himself with his weapon before dying in Cleopatra’s embrace.”
― Hourly History, Augustus Caesar: A Life from Beginning to End

“Realizing that there was nowhere left to run, Mark Antony and Cleopatra chose to take their own lives.”
― Hourly History, Augustus Caesar: A Life from Beginning to End

“but the escape was pointless since Octavian immediately landed and continued the chase over land,”
― Hourly History, Augustus Caesar: A Life from Beginning to End

“Mark Antony’s small fleet managed to escape to Alexandria,”
― Hourly History, Augustus Caesar: A Life from Beginning to End

“Mark Antony and Cleopatra took what was left of their entourage and set sail off the shores of the Greek mainland.”
― Hourly History, Augustus Caesar: A Life from Beginning to End

“Mark Antony was now surrounded, and the knowledge of the trap they were in facilitated massive defections from Antony’s remaining troops.”
― Hourly History, Augustus Caesar: A Life from Beginning to End

“Antony and Cleopatra were actually in Greece at the time, and by catching them off guard,”
― Hourly History, Augustus Caesar: A Life from Beginning to End

“He would have to declare war on Egypt first, which was done in late 32 BCE.”
― Hourly History, Augustus Caesar: A Life from Beginning to End

“As trivial as these things may seem to us today, for the ancient Romans, they were tantamount to treason,”
― Hourly History, Augustus Caesar: A Life from Beginning to End

“Most troubling for Romans who read it was the fact that Mark Antony had requested”
― Hourly History, Augustus Caesar: A Life from Beginning to End

“and insisted that if Octavian wanted the document, he should get it himself.”
― Hourly History, Augustus Caesar: A Life from Beginning to End

“They were not willing to violate the sanctity of the temple,”
― Hourly History, Augustus Caesar: A Life from Beginning to End

“Octavian then moved to have the curators of the temple hand over the will.”
― Hourly History, Augustus Caesar: A Life from Beginning to End

“Plancus informed him that Antony had hidden his final will and testament inside the Temple of the Vestal Virgins in Rome.”
― Hourly History, Augustus Caesar: A Life from Beginning to End

“it didn’t take Mark Antony very long at all to build a new army for himself in Gaul.”
― Hourly History, Augustus Caesar: A Life from Beginning to End

“on October 19, 43 BCE, Octavian was duly elected as Roman consul—just one more stepping stone on his path to Empire.”
― Hourly History, Augustus Caesar: A Life from Beginning to End