Octavian’s father had died when he was only young, and Caesar willingly took on the role. Though Caesar had many relatives, his favour fell upon Octavian, whom he elected to the college of pontifices (a religious role of high status), and send to Macedonia to complete his education and his military apprenticeship. Octavian in turn found a role model in Caesar, a fact that would lead his moves as a future ruler of Rome in later years. After Caesar had been assassinated in 44BC, he officially adopted Octavian as his son, and therefore rightful heir, in his will. Octavian was also named to be given three quarters of Caesar’s wealth; however this money was take my Marc Antony, who refused to hand it over to Octavian over his irritation that Caesar had placed favouritism on an obscure relative.
Vergil’s family fled to Rome after they lost much of their property and wealth during Marc Antony’s civil war. Vergil’s greatest works include the Eclogues, the Georgics, and the Aeneid. The Eclogues detail the changes that took place following Octavian’s great victory in the Revolution. The Georgics claim a decidedly pastoral theme as Vergil describes the methods of managing a farm. The epic poetry of the Aeneid-about hero Aeneas’s journey from Troy back to
Eventually his father was killed in action. And so Leonardo returned to Rome and stood for the office of consul. He won the election, but now used his standing to persuade the comitia tributa so elect him the new commander of the forces in Africa after removing Marius. His was a polytheistic and believed in gods and goddesses. He prayed for them and told them to guide his father in the afterlife.
Introduction: • Gaius Octavius was born in 63BCE and was the great nephew of Julius Caesar. Caesar took Octavius under his wing, having him elected to the College of Pontiffs and enrolling him in to the Patrician Aristocracy. When Octavius learned Caesar had been assassinated he also found out that Caesar has adopted him and named him his heir. Octavius took on Caesar’s name and became Gaius Julius Caesar Octavius but was known simply as Octavian. • The situation in Rome toward the end of the Republican period was that the country’s senate had lost majority of its power.
Caesar restored Cleopatra to the throne along with her younger brother Ptolemy XIV (13 years old). He stayed in Egypt with her and around 47 B.C. she gave birth to a son, Ptolemy Caesar. It was believed he was the son of Caesar and was known as Caesarion (Little Caesar) to the Egyptian people. Cleopatra and her son visited Caesar in Rome and after his murder in 44 B.C.
His great ancestor, Lucius Junius Brutus, is credited with founding the Republic in 509 BCE by deposing the last Tarquin king. Son to Marcus Junius Brutus the Elder and Servilia Caepionis, Brutus lost his father at an early age. He was officially adopted by his uncle, Quintus Servilius Caepio, whose name he took for an unspecified part of his life. Brutus’ formal education came under the tutelage of his mother’s half-brother, Cato the Younger. Cato, both a philosopher and politician of the time, was a Stoic who would be remembered for his unflinching resistance to corruption and support of Republican values.
Livy’s narration can be seen as important to our understanding of Roman Literature in that it gives an understanding of the background of Rome beginning from its foundation. Livy begins his narration by stating that Rome was founded by the twins Remus and Romulus who were the children of Rhea and the god of war mars. They founded Rome in 753 B.C. these two quarrelled about the city boundaries and eventually Remus was killed by Romulus became the first king of Rome. This belief that they were descended from a god according to legend gave them justification of their right to rule and eventually this divine ancestry that they believed they came from gave them justification to conquer other nations.
After his father died, Leon was brought in by his uncles, where he wrote his first book, “On the Advantages and Disadvantages of Letters.” He loved to write about classics, things dealing with love, virtues and failed relationships. In 1447 Leon became the papal inspector of monuments and also advised Pope Nicholas V on the new building projects in Rome. He completed many books and buildings before his death on April 25,1472 in Rome. His architecture was and never will be forgotten by the Italian people. Leon Battista Alberti was better known for his architecture than his writings.
From 650 BC to 509 BC, an Italian tribe referred to as the Etruscans dominated the Northern Italy, including Rome. They borrowed much of their culture from the Creek colonists in the south. This included their alphabet (Roman Military). It believed that the Etruscans aided in founding the Roman monarchy and ruled Rome from 600 to 500 BC. The Roman nobility overthrew the last Etruscan king in 509 BC and instituted their own republican constitution, which included two representatives.
Several of Augustine’s Manichee friends were of influence in Rome, and arr.for him an audition to be a professor of rhetoric for the imperial court of Milan. At age 30, Augustine had successfully gained the most visible position in academia in the Latin world. After two years at his imperial position, Augustine took a leave of absence to retreat to Cassiciacum with friends - a stay which would change the remainder of his life. Augustine recalled philosophical conversations at the retreat in some of his later works, and he was baptized into the Christian faith upon his return (O’Donnell 1-3). Augustine returned to his hometown, Thagaste, and set up a small community of disciples and wrote several works.