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Definition of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus

1. Noun. Roman statesman who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in 27 BC; defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BC at Actium (63 BC - AD 14).

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Literary usage of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A New Second Latin Book by Frank Justus Miller, Charles Henry Beeson, Harry Fletcher Scott (1916)
"To this was added as usual the gentile name of his own father in an adjectival form, making his name Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus. The name • Augustus was ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... he learnt that Caesar had made him his heir and adopted him into the Julian gens, whereby he acquired the designation of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus. ..."

3. A History of Rome for High Schools and Academies by George Willis Botsford (1901)
"Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus. Suetonius, Augustus, The Second Triumvirate, 43B.C. Rome to take the lead of the senate against the new tyrant. ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... he learnt that Caesar had made him his heir and adopted him into the Julian gens, whereby he acquired the designation of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus. ..."

5. The Story of Rome as Greeks and Romans Tell it: An Elementary Source-book by George Willis Botsford, Lillie M. Shaw Botsford (1903)
"(As the adopted son of Caesar, Octavius received the name Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus.) Octavianus at Rome. Appian, Civil Wars, iii. 12. ..."

6. The Methods of Historical Study: Eight Lectures Read in the University of by Edward Augustus Freeman (1886)
"... Charles and Constantino alike had stepped into the place of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, consul, tribune, and pontiff of the commonwealth of Eome. ..."

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