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born 23 September 63 BC

died 19 August AD 14

Gaius Octavius, born grandnephew of Gaius Julius Caesar, after whose assassination in 44 BC took the name Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, to whom English texts often referred simply as Octavian, defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BC, subsequently gained control over extensive territories of Rome, and reigned from 27 BC as its first emperor, given the honorary title Augustus.

The power struggle with Antony and Augustus at the battle of Philippi defeated Marcus Junius Brutus.

Marcus Aemilius Lepidus joined as a member of the triumvirate with Augustus and Antony from 43 BC to 36 BC.

Also named:

- Gaius Octavius Thurinus

- Octavius, Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus

- Gaius Julius Caesar Divi Filius

- Imperator Caesar Divi Filius

- Imperator Caesar Divi Filius Augustus

He, the founder, thus laid the foundations of a regime that lasted for nearly fifteen centuries until the fall of Constantinople in 1453.