Legends of the Ancient World: The Life and Legacy of Caesar Augustus

*Includes pictures of famous art depicting Augustus and important people, places, and events in his life.*Discusses Octavian's relationships and political intrigue with his most famous contemporaries, including Caesar, Cleopatra and Antony.*Includes a Table of Contents“Young men, pay heed to an old man, whom old men harkened when he was still young” – AugustusA lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors’ Legends of the Ancient World series, readers can get caught up to speed on the lives of antiquity’s most important men and women in the time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known.The importance of Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (or as he was known from birth, Gaius Octavius “Octavian” Thurinus) to the course of Western history is hard to overstate. His life, his rise to power, his political, social and military achiev