What was the title given to Octavian?
Octavian was adopted by his great-uncle Julius Caesar in 44 BCE, and then took the name Gaius Julius Caesar. In 27 BCE the Senate awarded him the honorific Augustus (“the illustrious one”), and he was then known as Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus.
What title did Octavian avoid calling himself?
In January of 27 BCE, Octavian resigned his powers humbly only to receive them back from the grateful Senate who also bestowed upon him the title Augustus. Octavian was careful not to refer to himself by that title at any time in public, simply calling himself ‘Princeps’, or, First Citizen.
What title did Octavian take on and what does that title mean?
Augustus (63 BC – AD 14) In 43 BC his great-uncle, Julius Caesar, was assassinated and in his will, Octavius, known as Octavian, was named as his heir. His powers were hidden behind constitutional forms, and he took the name Augustus meaning ‘lofty’ or ‘serene’.
Who was Livia Drusilla married to?
Augustusm. 38 BC–14 AD
Tiberius Claudius Nerom.?–38 BC
Livia/Spouse
She married her cousin Tiberius Claudius Nero and in 42 bore him Tiberius, the future emperor. She was still pregnant with her second son, Nero Claudius Drusus, when early in 38, Octavian (later Augustus) arranged for her to divorce Nero and marry him.
Why did Octavian take Caesar’s name?
The reign of Augustus initiated an era of relative peace known as the Pax Romana. His maternal great-uncle Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC and Octavius was named in Caesar’s will as his adopted son and heir; as a result, he inherited Caesar’s name, estate, and the loyalty of his legions.
Was Gaius a name or a title?
Gaius, Iulius, and Caesar are Caesar’s praenomen, nomen, and cognomen, respectively. The name of the dictator Julius Caesar—Latin script: CAIVS IVLIVS CAESAR—was often extended by the official filiation Gai filius (“son of Gaius”), rendered as Gaius Iulius Gai filius Caesar.