The war has pushed Augustus to breaking point.
Relying heavily on the skill of his friend Agrippa, Augustus defeats the fleet of Sextus Pompey. Soon afterwards, he joins Antony and Lepidus in the triumvirate. Having raised a private army and helped the Senate defeat his great rival Antony, Augustus leads his army back to Rome and demands to be elected consul. A few days later, it emerges that Caesar has nominated Augustus as his principal heir. On the day Julius Caesar is murdered, Augustus is in Greece, receiving military training ahead of the dictator’s planned invasion of Parthia.
Despite this, there is no reason to expect him to have an exceptional career.
His father is a member of the country gentry and the first in the family to enter the Senate at Rome. Augustus is born with the name Caius Octavius.
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