The founder of the Empire and the first Roman emperor, Augustus, was without a doubt the most important leader of the Roman state and one of the most important characters in the history of mankind of all times, writes Koha Ditore today.
According to his biography written by the author Suetonius, the first Roman emperor Augustus (27 BC-14 AD) was born on September 23, 63 BC in Rome as Gaius Octavius Thurinus, the son of Gaius Octavius, governor of Macedonia and Acia (Acia Balba Caesonia), granddaughter of the Roman dictator Gaius Julius Caesar (Caius Iulius Caesar).
In 49 BC Julius Caesar, after hearing Octavian's speech on the occasion of the death of his grandmother (Julius Caesar's sister), entrusted him with the first state positions, starting with the position of pontifex (cleric), while at the age of 17 Caesar had invited him to participate in the war campaign in Hispania, where Octavian had charmed the dictator (who in the meantime had adopted him and given him the title Caesar), so after the victory in Hispania (Iberian Peninsula) and after returning to Rome, Caesar had sent Octavian to study at Apollonia, on the Illyrian coast of the Adriatic, where it had been one of the great educational centers of that time.
Life of Octavian
In 44 BC, Caesar, shortly before he was assassinated in the Senate, had appointed Octavian as the dictator's chief aide. Right after the assassination of Caesar, Octavian had returned from Apollonia to Rome, since he had been designated as the dictator's heir. The Senate had hailed his return and willingness to avenge Caesar's murder.
(You can read the full article in the newspaper "Koha Ditore")