-
(
venerable )
Caesar ,
the
first
Roman
emperor.
He
was
born
A.U.C.
691,
B.C.
63.
His
father
was
Caius
Octavius;
his
mother
Atia,
daughter
of
Julia
the
sister
of
C.
Julius
Caesar.
He
was
principally
educated
by
his
great-uncle
Julius
Caesar,
and
was
made
his
heir.
After
his
murder,
the
young
Octavius,
then
Caius
Julius
Caesar
Octavianus,
was
taken
into
the
triumvirate
with
Antony
and
Lepidus,
and,
after
the
removal
of
the
latter,
divided
the
empire
with
Antony.
The
struggle
for
the
supreme
power
was
terminated
in
favor
of
Octavianus
by
the
battle
of
Actium,
B.C.
31.
On
this
victory
he
was
saluted
imperator
by
the
senate,
who
conferred
on
him
the
title
Augustus,
B.C.
27.
The
first
link
binding
him
to
New
Testament
history
is
his
treatment
of
Herod
after
the
battle
of
Actium.
That
prince,
who
had
espoused
Antonys
side,
found
himself
pardoned,
taken
into
favor
and
confirmed,
nay
even
increased,
in
his
power.
After
Herods
death,
in
A.D.
4,
Augustus
divided
his
dominions,
almost
exactly
according
to
his
dying
directions,
among
his
sons.
Augustus
died
in
Nola
in
Campania,
Aug.
19,
A.U.C.
767,
A.D.
14,
in
his
76th
year;
but
long
before
his
death
he
had
associated
Tiberius
with
him
in
the
empire.
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